6-2569

RIC VI, ROMA [after 376], CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED BUST TYPE [D]

  

OBVERSE

IMPCCONSTANTINVSPFAVG [IMP C CONSTANTINVS P F AVG]; bust r., laur., dr., cuir. [D].

REVERSE

SOLIINVI-C-TOCOMITI [SOLI INVICTO COMITI]; Sol stg. r., head l., chlamys over l. shoulder, r. raised, l. holding globe close to body. Star in left field. RS in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED BUST TYPE - D. Not attested for obv. 1a and this type of rev. (p. 392). But cf. footnote 1 on p. 392: "VG. 51 may stand for a variety with obv. bust (D), off. S or T?".

General note from p. 349: "[...] this issue [...] is also the last of the period. [...] Soli Invicto Comiti was probably struck [...] mainly in Constantine's name, included rare varieties for Maximinus. [...] the coins are scarce. The issue, which was comparatively small, falls in the first half of 313".

See also CORRIGENDA, VOL. VI, p. 391-392. Coin should be listed after ROMA 376.

NOTES

Weight 4.12 g; diameter 23 mm. Ex Lars Ramskold. Coin sold on Leu Numismatik web auction 26 (lot 5275) in July 2023 for CHF 30.


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski