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RIC VI, LONDINIUM [before 138], CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED BUST TYPE [Y]
  
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OBVERSE
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C-ONSTANTINVSPAVG [CONSTANTINVS P AVG]; bust l., laur., cuir., holding spear forward, shield on l. arm [Y].
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REVERSE
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ADVEN-TVSAVG [ADVENTVS AVG]; prince riding l., r. raised, l. holding up spear, on horse pawing seated captive to l. Star in right field. PLN in exergue.
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NOT IN RIC
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UNLISTED BUST TYPE - Y. Not attested for obv. legend 1e (p. 134). Listed in Cloke-Toone (7.01.010). Should be listed in RIC before LONDINIUM 138.
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NOTES
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Weight 4.29 g. Plate coin in Cloke-Toone. From the British Museum Collection (reg. no. B.94).
Other specimens:
- from Berk Buy or Bid Sale 96 (lot 799), June 1997; weight 4.35 g [click for picture];
- sold on eBay in March 2012 for USD 307; now in Brent Upchurch's collection; weight 4.1 g; diameter 22 mm [click for picture] [Thanks to the collaboration of Tomasz Speier];
- sold on eBay in September 2012 for USD 86.56 [click for picture].
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