6-1688

RIC VI, LONDINIUM [after 30], CONSTANTIUS, UNLISTED BUST TYPE [D]

   

OBVERSE

FLVALCONSTANTIVSNOBC [FL VAL CONSTANTIVS NOB C]; bust r., laur., dr., cuir. [D].

REVERSE

GENIOPOPV-LIROMANI [GENIO POPVLI ROMANI]; Genius stg. l., modius on head, naked but for chlamys over l. shoulder, r. holding patera, l. cornucopiae.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED BUST TYPE - D. Not attested for obv. legend 3a (p. 125). Listed in Fresnoy-lès-Roye II Hoard (p. 112, no. 390). Listed in Cloke-Toone (3.01.021). Note, however, that some specimens listed here may be regarded as Cloke-Toone (2.01.011). Should be listed in RIC after LONDINIUM 30.

NOTES

Weight 10.09 g; diameter 27.86-28.46 mm. Coin sold on Monnaies d'Antan Mail Bid Sale 19 (lot 414) in May 2016 for EUR 460. Now in Lee Toone's collection.

Other specimens:

- sold on Stack's Bowers & Ponterio May 2023 World CCO Auction (lot 71103) for USD 120 [click for picture];

- from the British Museum Collection (reg. no. B.14); plate coin in Cloke-Toone; weight 9.936 g; diameter 27-28 mm [click for picture];

- from Fresnoy-lès-Roye II Hoard (plate XIII, no. 390); weight 11.18 g [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski