7-1000

RIC VII, ARLES [after 19], CONSTANTINE I, REVERSE VARIETY, BUST TYPE G5 l.

  

OBVERSE

IMPCCONSTANTINVSPFAVG [IMP C CONSTANTINVS P F AVG]; bust l., laur., cuir., spear across r. shoulder, shield on l. arm.

REVERSE

SOLIINV-I-CTOCOMITI [SOLI INVICTO COMITI]; Sol advancing l., chlamys flying under l. arm, raising r. hand, in l. hand globe close to body and whip. PARL in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

REVERSE VARIETY. RIC lists type with Sol advancing l. with chlamys flying under l. arm, but does not mention about whip in Sol's left hand. If it is only a lack of precision in description in RIC, specimen still remains unlisted because of bust type: G5 l. instead of B3. Coin should be listed after ARLES 19.

See also:
ARLES [after 19], CONSTANTINE I, REVERSE VARIETY, BUST TYPE B5

NOTES

Weight 4.77 g; diameter 22.5 mm. Coin offered on Compagnie Générale de Bourse site in May 2010 for EUR 1,250.


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski