6-273

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

  

OBVERSE

CONSTANTINVSPAVG [CONSTANTINVS P AVG]; bust l., laur., helm., cuir., holding globe surmounted by Victory [type 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. RIC lists for this obverse legend only bust types C, AA and CC (p. 137). Bust type V is known only for LONDINIUM 174 [COMITI AVGG NN] (p. 135). Listed in Huvelin (no. 149). Note that it could be described better as "in mantle". Should be listed in RIC after LONDINIUM 237.

NOTES

Weight 4.02 g. Coin sold on Classical Numismatic Group auction in January 2007 for $1,350.


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski