6-273

RIC VI, LONDINIUM [after 237], CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED BUST TYPE [V]

  

OBVERSE

CONSTANTINVSPAVG [CONSTANTINVS P AVG]; bust l., laur., helm., cuir., holding globe surmounted by Victory [V].

REVERSE

SOLIINVIC-TOCOMITI [SOLI INVICTO COMITI]; Sol stg. l., chlamys draped over l. shoulder, r. raised, l. holding up globe. Star in right field. PLN in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED BUST TYPE - V. Not attested for obv. legend 1e (p. 137). Listed in Huvelin (no. 149; specimen from Sarzeau hoard, cited below). Note that it could be described rather as "in mantle"; see CORRIGENDA, VOL. VI, p. 134. Should be listed in RIC after LONDINIUM 237.

NOTES

Weight 4.02 g. Ex Sarzeau hoard, no. 3606. Coin sold on Classical Numismatic Group auction in January 2007 for $1,350.


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski