6-496

RIC VI, LONDINIUM 234, CONSTANTINE, REVERSE VARIETY

  

OBVERSE

CONSTANTINVSPFAVG [CONSTANTINVS P F AVG]; bust r., laur., cuir.

REVERSE

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

NOT IN RIC

REVERSE VARIETY. RIC describes Sol's chlamys as "draped over l. shoulder", not draped and hanging behind. Listed in Lafaurie 1966 (no. 32). Listed in Huvelin (no. 144a). See also CORRIGENDA, VOL. VI, p. 137.

NOTES

Weight 3.66 g; diameter 22 mm. Coin sold on Classical Numismatic Group auction in October 2009 for $66.

Other specimens:

- specimen from Huvelin (plate 12, no. 144a); Boursies hoard, no. 287 [click for picture];

- specimen sold on eBay in July 2008 for $16.55; diameter 23 mm [click for picture];

- specimen from Ancients.info; Steve Santore's collection [click for picture];

- specimen from Ancients.info; Lee Toone's collection [click for picture];

- specimen from Ancients.info; posted by Congius; sold on eBay in 2004 for GBP 27.01; weight 4.45 g; diameter 21.3 mm [click for picture] [Thanks to the collaboration of Armin Scholz];

- specimen sold on Classical Numismatic Group auction for $134 [lot of 5 coins] [click for picture];

- specimen sold on Spink auction in March 2008 for $220 [click for picture];

- specimen from the British Museum Collection (reg. no. 1927,0616.192); weight 4.665 g [click for picture];

- specimen from the British Museum Collection (reg. no. 1927,0616.193); weight 5.307 g (sic!) [click for picture];

- specimen from the British Museum Collection (reg. no. B.119); weight 4.89 g [click for picture];

- specimen from FORVM ANCIENT COINS; Hooverman's collection [click for picture];

- specimen sold on eBay in 2004 for GBP 19; diameter 21 mm [click for picture] [Thanks to the collaboration of Armin Scholz];

- specimen from Tomasz Speier's collection; weight 3.73 g; diameter 21.7-22.9 mm [click for picture];

- specimen from Lafaurie 1966 (plate XXIX, no. 32); weight 5.12 g [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski