RIC VI, LUGDUNUM [before 312], CONSTANTINE, REVERSE VARIETY

OBVERSE	IMPCONSTANTINVSPFAVG [IMP CONSTANTINVS P F AVG]; bust r., laur., dr., cuir., seen from rear.
REVERSE	SOLIINVIC-TOCOMITI [SOLI INVICTO COMITI]; Sol advancing l., chlamys flying, r. raised, l. holding globe. F in left field, T in right field. PLC in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	REVERSE VARIETY. RIC lists for this issue only type with Sol stg. and type with Sol advancing l. but holding whip instead of globe (p. 265; see example of LUGDUNUM 312). General note from p. 240: "This issue, of moderate size, shows coins of reduced weight in the name of Constantine only. [...] The emphatic appearance of Soli Invicto Comiti indicates the continuation of this issue into 310, i.e. after Constantine's 'vision' in the earlier part of that year. Date, c. 309-10". In the present writer's opinion at least part of Soli Invicto issue was produced after reopening Lugdunum mint in 313. Coin should be listed before LUGDUNUM 312. See also: LUGDUNUM [before 312], CONSTANTINE, REVERSE VARIETY AND DIE CRACK

NOTES

Weight 4.35 g; diameter 23.5 mm. Coin sold on Compagnie Générale de Bourse auction in October 2006 for EUR 195. Other specimens: - specimen sold on Classical Numismatic Group auction in Febrruary 2010 for $68; weight 4.50 g; diameter 23 mm; reverse legend break I-C [click for picture]; - specimen sold on eBay in May 2007 for $18.42. Now in Martin Griffith's collection; weight 3.58 g; diameter 23 mm [click for picture]; - specimen sold on Classical Numismatic Group auction in August 2011 for $50; weight 4.11 g; diameter 21 mm [click for picture].