RIC VI, TICINUM 133, CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED BUST TYPE, OFFICINA S

  

OBVERSE

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

REVERSE

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

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED BUST TYPE - D. RIC lists for this issue only type C - laureate and cuirassed (p. 298). General note about this issue from p. 278: "The rest of aes is devoted to four varieties of Soli Invicto Comiti, with coins ranging from rare to common. Constantine claims seven varieties in all, Maximinus four, and Licinius two".

NOTES

Coin for sale on eBay in July 2004, but the offered price - $131.00 - did not meet the reserve.


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski