7-1120

RIC VII, ARLES [after 19], CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED BUST TYPE [B4]

  

OBVERSE

IMPCCONSTANTINVSPFAVG [IMP C CONSTANTINVS P F AVG]; bust r., laur., dr., cuir. [B4].

REVERSE

SOLIINV-I-CTOCOMITI [SOLI INVICTO COMITI]; Sol advancing l., chlamys flying under l. arm, globe in l. hand, raising r. hand. QARL in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED BUST TYPE - B4. Not attested for this rev. type (p. 235). Note that description in RIC lacks precision. The expression "as no. 14" suggests that Sol is holding globe close to body" which is untrue. Cois should be listed after ARLES 19.

NOTES

Diameter 23 mm. Coin sold on eBay in February 2011 for $142.19. Now in Brent Upchurch's collection.


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski