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RIC VII, ROME [after 377], CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED BUST TYPE [E6]

   

OBVERSE

ANEPIGRAPHIC (no legend); head r., with pearl-diadem, looking upwards.

REVERSE

CONSTAN-TINVSAVG [CONSTANTINVS AVG]; Victory advancing l., holding wreath, palm branch. R in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED BUST TYPE - E6. Not attested for Constantine I (p. 343). According to Lars Ramskold, this type belongs to earlier issue minted for vicennalia. Also, coins cited as ROME 377 actually show Constantine II as Augustus. However, real ROME 377 probably also exists. See also CORRIGENDA, VOL. VII, p. 343. Coin should be listed after ROME 377.

See also:
ROME 377, CONSTANTINE I, [CORRECTION]

NOTES

Siliqua. Weight 3.27 g; diameter 19 mm. Coin sold on Numismatik Naumann Pecunem (Gitbud & Naumann) 9 (lot 778) in November 2013 for EUR 3,250; ex Lars Ramskold; sold on Leu Numismatik web auction 25 (lot 2753) in March 2023 for CHF 3,600.

Other specimens:

- from the Münzkabinett of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin Collection (reg. no. 18230117); erroneously cited in RIC as ROME 377 with bust E5; weight 2.87 g; diameter 18 mm [click for picture];

- sold on Helios Numismatik auction 7 (lot 144) in December 2011 for EUR 5,000; weight 3.68 g [click for picture];

- sold on Numismatica Ars Classica auction 51 (lot 428) in March 2009 for CHF 1,600; weight 3.07 g [click for picture];

- sold on Künker auction 341 (lot 6070) in October 2020 for EUR 1,800; weight 3.15 g [click for picture];

- ex Lars Ramskold; sold on Leu Numismatik web auction 25 (lot 2754) in March 2023 for CHF 850; weight 2.90 g; diameter 18 mm [click for picture];

- old on Elsen auction 152 (lot 838) in September 2022 for EUR 1,800; weight 2.97 g [click for picture].

- sold on The New York Sale XX (lot 454) in January 2009 for USD 1,100; weight 3.23 g [click for picture];

- ex Lars Ramskold; sold on Leu Numismatik web auction 25 (lot 2755) in March 2023 for CHF 240; weight 2.62 g; diameter 18 mm [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski