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RIC VII, LONDON [before 205], CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED BUST TYPE [K2]

  

OBVERSE

CONST[ANTIN]VSAVG [CONSTANTINVS AVG]; bust r., laur., cuir., eagle-tipped sceptre in r. hand [K2].

REVERSE

BEATATRAN-QVILLITAS [BEATA TRANQVILLITAS]; globe on altar inscribed VOT/IS/XX in three lines; above, three stars. P in left field, A in right field. PLON in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED BUST TYPE - K2. Not attested for obv. legend 1c (p. 110). But see: CORRIGENDA, VOL. VII, p. 90. See also example of LONDON 205 with bust K3 and trabea resembling cuirass (plate coin in Cloke-Toone (9.04.006); ACR 6, lot 1212, 3.18 g, 19 mm). Type with bust K2 is also listed in Cloke-Toone (9.04.005). Should be listed in RIC before LONDON 205.

NOTES

Weight 2.01 g; diameter 18.7 mm. Cited in RIC. Plate coin in Cloke-Toone. From the Münzkabinett of the Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien Collection (object no. RÖ 66882).


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski