RIC VI, ROMA [after 325], CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED BUST TYPE [E]

OBVERSE	IMPCCONSTANTINVSPFAVG [IMP C CONSTANTINVS P F AVG]; bust r., laur., dr., cuir [E].
REVERSE	SOLIINV-I-CTOCOMITI [SOLI INVICTO COMITI]; Sol stg. l., chlamys over l. shoulder, r. raised, l. holding globe close to body. RS in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED BUST TYPE - E. Not attested for obv. legend 1a (p. 389). General note from p. 348-9: "[Also common] was Soli Invicto Comiti, in different versions, of which three are primary and often very common: produced from all four officinae [...] The whole issue, in which the four officinae seem to be fairly evenly used throughout, falls late in 312 and early 313". See: CORRIGENDA, VOL. VI, p. 388-390. Coin should be listed after ROMA 325.

NOTES

Weight 4.98 g; diameter 23.2 mm. Coin sold on VCoins in May 2006 for USD 75 [Thanks to the collaboration of Armin Scholz]. Other specimens: - ex Lars Ramskold; sold on Leu Numismatik web auction 26 (lot 5210) in July 2023 for CHF 140; weight 3.81 g; diameter 22 mm [click for picture]; - ex Lars Ramskold; sold on Leu Numismatik web auction 26 (lot 5212) in July 2023 for CHF 110; weight 4.57 g; diameter 22 mm [click for picture]; - ex Lars Ramskold; sold on Leu Numismatik web auction 26 (lot 5211) in July 2023 for CHF 220; weight 4.03 g; diameter 23 mm [click for picture]; - sold on eBay in February 2015 for EUR 11.01; weight 5.30 g; diameter 22 mm; note chlamys flying [click for picture]; - from www.colleconline.com (coll. Trajan); weight 5.12 g; diameter 23 mm; rev. legend breaks I-C-T [click for picture]; - sold on eBay in March 2014 for EUR 8.61; weight 5.10 g; diameter 20 mm; rev. legend breaks V-IC-T [click for picture]; - sold on eBay in September 2011 for USD 67; now in Brent Upchurch's collection; note chlamys flying; weight 4.87 g; rev. legend breaks I-C-T [click for picture].