RIC VII, TRIER 135, CONSTANTINE I, REVERSE VARIETY

OBVERSE	CONSTANTINVSPFAVG [CONSTANTINVS P F AVG]; bust r., laur., cuir.
REVERSE	SOLIINVIC-TOCOMITI [SOLI INVICTO COMITI]; Sol rad., stg. l., raising r. hand, globe in l. at hip-level, turned invards, chlamys across l. shoulder. T in left field, F in right field. •ATR in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	REVERSE VARIETY. Specimen similar to TRIER 135 (ANS 1984.146.1447, 3.00 g, 21 mm) except for Sol holding globe turned inwards instead of turned out. Note that description in RIC is very short and general: "globe in l." (p. 174), but for the former Soli issue [TRIER 92-107] two types of reverses were distinguished: Sol with globe in l. at hip-level, turned inwards [TRIER 92-94] and Sol with globe higher and turned out [TRIER 95-107]. There is no reason for omitting this difference. See also: TRIER 132, CONSTANTINE I, REVERSE VARIETY TRIER 133, CONSTANTINE I, REVERSE VARIETY TRIER 134, CONSTANTINE I, REVERSE VARIETY

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Weight 3.70 g; diameter 19 mm. From the Genio popvli romani Collection. Other specimens: - from CGB E-shop (brm_592367), sold for EUR 60; Chitry Hoard (no. 1579); weight 3.49 g; diameter 19.5 mm [click for picture]; - sold on eBay in May 2014 for USD 42; weight 3.40 g; diameter 20 mm [click for picture] [Thanks to the collaboration of Mariusz Graczyk]; - sold on eBay in March 2013 for GBP 3.97 [click for picture].