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RIC VII, TRIER 174, CONSTANTINE I, BUST TYPE VARIETY

  

OBVERSE

FLCLCONSTANTINVSIVNNC [FL CL CONSTANTINVS IVN N C]; bust r., laur., cuir.

REVERSE

PRINCIPI•I-VVENTVTIS [PRINCIPI • IVVENTVTIS]; prince laur., in military dress, stg. r., cloak spread, holding transverse spear in r. hand, globe in l. F in left field, T in right field. •ATR in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

BUST TYPE VARIETY.. Described by seller as having "Unusual waves of cloth across breast of bust". Bust is obviously different than bust B4, cuirassed and draped (see TRIER 173), but is also different than normal bust B5 (see TRIER 174). Could be regarded even as mantled.

NOTES

From Berk Buy or Bid Sale 95 (lot 457), March 1997.


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