7-2979

RIC VII, TRIER 131, CONSTANTINE I, BUST VARIETY

  

OBVERSE

IMPCONSTANTINVSAVG [IMP CONSTANTINVS AVG]; bust r., laur., dr., cuir.

REVERSE

SOLIINVIC-TOCOMITI [SOLI INVICTO COMITI]; Sol rad., stg. l., raising r. hand, globe in l., chlamys across l. shoulder. T in left field, F in right field. •ATR in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

BUST VARIETY. Bust could be described as cuirassed, with bit of drapery on both shoulders (fibula is visible on r. shoulder). Note, however, that this bust is quite different from bust type B4 (see TRIER 131) and also obviously different from bust type B5 (see TRIER 132).

NOTES

Weight 3.65 g; diameter 20 mm. Coin sold on Münz Zentrum Rheinland auction 175 (lot 983) in January 2016 for EUR 210.

Other specimens:

- from NVMMVS BIBLE II (NBD no. 83789); weight 3.63 g; diameter 19 mm [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski