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RIC VII, ROME [after 178], CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED BUST TYPE H8 l., VARIETY
  
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OBVERSE
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CON-STANTI-NVSAVG [CONSTANTINVS AVG]; bust l., bowl-shaped helmet with a long crest, cuir., spear pointing forward, shield on l. arm [H8 l.].
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REVERSE
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VIRTV-SAVGG [VIRTVS AVGG]; camp gate with three turrets, gate closed; varying number of stone layers. P in left field, R in right field. RP in exergue.
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NOT IN RIC
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UNLISTED BUST TYPE - H8 l. RIC lists bust type H8 only for reverse with four turrets [ROME 187] (p. 316). According to Appendix on p. 348, "the bowl-shaped helmet with a long crest extended to the back of the helmet has been marked D6. It is, of course, distincly different from the ordinary laureate helmet, also D6". Since both types are marked D6, "the bowl-shaped helmet with a long crest" is equivalent of "laur. helmet" for busts from type H and with the combination of spear pointing forward and shield makes bust type H8, not H4.
Coin should be listed after ROME 178.
See also:
ROME [after 178], CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED BUST TYPE H8 l.
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