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RIC VII, ARLES 38, CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED OFFICINA T

  

OBVERSE

IMPCONSTANTINVSPFAVG [IMP CONSTANTINVS P F AVG]; bust r., laur., dr., cuir.

REVERSE

SOLIIN-VI-CTOCOMITI [SOLI INVICTO COMITI]; Sol stg. l., fold of chlamys spread under l. arm, globe in l. hand, raising r. hand. TARL in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED OFFICINA - T. RIC lists for this type only officina P (p. 237). Note that description in RIC could be misleading. The "fold of chlamys" sometimes means chlamys which Bruun usually describes as "flying under l. arm" (e.g. ARLES 19-20). There is also no mention about globe in l. hand and raised r. hand. For comparison, see picture of ARLES 40 (similar rev., but Sol with chlamys across l. shoulder).

ARLES 38 from off. T is Listed in Ferrando (p. 76, no. 63 and no. 65 with different rev. legend break and regarded as unlisted in RIC). But chlamys is something in between a chlamys floating and chlamys falling down.

See also:
ARLES 38, CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED OFFICINA Q

NOTES

Weight 3.25 g; diameter 22 mm. Sold on Savoca Numismatik 15th blue auction (lot 1952) in January 2019 for EUR 11.

Other specimens:

- from Via-Agrippa; weight 2.60 g; diameter 20 mm; rev. legend breaks V-I-C [click for picture];

- from CGB E-shop (brm_411026); ex Schmitt-Cadet; weight 2.76 g; diameter 19.5 mm; rev. legend breaks V-I-C [click for picture];

- from CGB E-shop (brm_411021); ex Schmitt-Cadet; weight 3.27 g (note that attribution is uncertain because of additional strike seen on rev.); diameter 22 mm; rev. legend breaks V-I-C [click for picture];

- from CGB E-shop (brm_609558), sold for EUR 70 (note that attribution is uncertain because of additional strike seen on rev.); Chitry Hoard (no. 2156); weight 2.89 g; diameter 20 mm [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski