6-006

RIC VI, LONDINIUM [after 287], CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND

 

OBVERSE

CONSTANTINVSAV-G [CONSTANTINVS AVG] [1f]; bust l., laur., helm., cuir., spear over r. shoulder, shield on l. arm [H].

REVERSE

SOLIINVI-C-TOCOMITI [SOLI INVICTO COMITI]; Sol stg. r., head l. chlamys over l. shoulder and hanging behind, r. raised, l. holding up globe. Star in left field. PLN in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND - 1f. RIC lists for this issue only legends 1a, 1b, 1d, 1e (p. 140). Note that the description of reverse in RIC mixes two issues: earlier with Sol stg. r with chlamys over l. shoulder and hanging behind and later with Sol stg. l. with chlamys draped over l. shoulder only. See: CORRIGENDA, VOL. VI, p. 140. Listed in Huvelin (no. 203). Coin should be listed after LONDINIUM 287.

NOTES

Weight 4.12 g; diameter 23 mm. Coin sold on Classical Numismatic Group auction for $225.

Other specimens:

- specimen from Huvelin (plate 15, no. 203); Sarzeau hoard, no. 3693 [click for picture];

- specimen sold on Classical Numismatic Group auction in February 2010 for $115; weight 3.60 g; diameter 23 mm [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski