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RIC VI, LONDINIUM [after 241], CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND [1e], BUST TYPE C

  

OBVERSE

CONSTANTINVSPAVG [CONSTANTINVS P AVG] [1e]; bust r., laur., cuir.

REVERSE

SPESR-EIPVBL [SPES REIPVBL]; prince riding l., r. raised, l. holding up spear, on horse pawing seated captive to l. Star in right field. PLN in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND - 1e. Not attested for this reverse type (p. 138). Listed in Huvelin (no. 156). Listed in Saint-Colombier-en-Sarzeau Hoard (p. 84, no. 3608). Listed in Cloke-Toone (7.08.015). Should be listed in RIC after LONDINIUM 241.

NOTES

Weight 4.61 g; diameter 23 mm. From CGB E-shop (brm_354818), sold for EUR 450.

Other specimens:

- sold on Numismatik Naumann auction 139 (lot 895) in April 2024 for EUR 675; weight 3.77 g; diameter 24 mm [click for picture];

- sold on eBay in February 2012 for USD 442.58; weight 4.10 g; diameter 22 mm [click for picture] [Thanks to the collaboration of Tomasz Speier];

- from Saint-Colombier-en-Sarzeau Hoard (plate XXIV, no. 3608) [click for picture];

- from Guy Braun's collection [click for picture];

- sold on eBay in May 2002 for USD 331.56; weight 4.40 g; diameter 22-23 mm [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski