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RIC VII, LYONS [before 153], CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND, BUST TYPE D2 [IRREGULAR COIN]

  

OBVERSE

CONST-ANTINVS [CONSTANTINVS]; bust r., helmeted, cuir.

REVERSE

BEATATRAN-QVILLITAS [BEATA TRANQVILLITAS]; globe set on altar inscribed VO/TIS/XX in three lines; above, three stars. C in left field, R in right field. PLG in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND. RIC does not list obv. legend CONSTANTINVS without any title which is quite impossible to be official. Note also lettering on obv. Probably an ancient imitation.

See also:
LYONS [before 153], CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND, BUST TYPE B1

NOTES

Weight 2.83 g; diameter 18.4-18.7 mm. From Tomasz Speier's collection.


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski