RIC VII, TRIER [after 105], CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED REVERSE TYPE

OBVERSE	CONSTANTINVSPFAVG [CONSTANTINVS P F AVG]; bust r., laur., cuir.
REVERSE	SOLIINVIC-TOCOMITI [SOLI INVICTO COMITI]; Sol rad., stg. l., head facing, raising r. hand, globe in l., turned out, chlamys across l. shoulder. T in left field, F in right field. BTR in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED REVERSE TYPE. Specimen similar to TRIER 105 except for Sol with head facing. Note that the picture of rev. of this very type (also from officina B) is shown in Vagi (vol. II, p. 74). Listed in Bastien-Huvelin (p. 105, no. 712). Should be listed in RIC after TRIER 105. See also: TRIER [after 102], CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED REVERSE TYPE

NOTES

Weight 2.84 g; diameter 20 mm. Coin sold on Hess Divo auction 314 (lot 1626) in May 2009 for CHF 450; sold by CNG Coinshop (no. 848489) for USD 795. Other specimens: - from eBay, March 2024; weight 2.93 g; diameter 19.7 mm; different rev. die [click for picture]; - Sully Hoard II (A); from the collection of Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales (no. 2009.24H/2228) [click for picture]; - sold on Savoca Numismatik 28th blue auction (lot 1578) in January 2020 for EUR 22; sold on Savoca Numismatik 81th blue auction (lot 1277) in July 2020 for EUR 65; weight 3.18 g; diameter 19 mm; different rev. die [click for picture]; - sold on sold on eBay in August 2008 for GBP 120; now in Brent Upchurch's collection [click for picture]; - from Bastien-Huvelin (plate IX, no. 712); weight 2.84 g (= Hess Divo 314 above?) [click for picture]; - from CNG auction 28 (lot 310), December 1993; weight 2.93 g; different rev. die [click for picture]; - from: Huvelin, H., Brenot, C., Callu, J.P., "Trouvaille constantinienne au cabinet des médailles de Lausanne", Schweizerische numismatische Rundschau 1978, no. 57, p. 197, no. 535 and picture 535 on plate 57; weight 3.58 g [click for picture].