7-2243

RIC VII, TRIER 414, CONSTANTINE II, [CORRECTION]

   

OBVERSE

CONSTANTINVSIVNNOBC [CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C]; bust l., rad., dr., cuir., raising r. hand, globe in l. hand.

REVERSE

BEATATRAN-QVILLITAS [BEATA TRANQVILLITAS]; globe set on altar inscribed VO/TIS/XX; above, three stars. •PTR crescent in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

[CORRECTION]. RIC lists for TRIER 414 bust L5 l. (i.e. wearing trabea). Actually this bust is draped and cuirassed. See also CORRIGENDA, VOL. VII, p. 90. Listed in RMBT (p. 78, no. 176). Variety with trabea is not listed in RMBT and probably does not exist.

NOTES

Weight 2.51 g; diameter 18 mm. Coin sold on London Coin Galleries auction 4 (lot 200) in June 2017 for GBP 300.

Other specimens:

- sold on Kölner Münzkabinett auction 115 (lot 499) in October 2021 for EUR 400; weight 2.50 g [click for picture];

- from NVMMVS BIBLE II (NBD no. 25238) [click for picture];

- sold on eBay in April 2017 for EUR 134; sold on eBay in October 2019 for EUR 81.10; weight 3.06 g; diameter 20 mm [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski