RIC VI, LONDINIUM [after 177], CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED BUST TYPE [DD]

OBVERSE	CONSTANTINVSPAV-G [CONSTANTINVS P AVG]; bust l., rad., helm., cuir., spear over r. shoulder, shield on l. arm [DD].
REVERSE	COMITI-AVGGNN [COMITI AVGG NN]; Sol stg. l., chlamys falling from l. shoulder, r. holding up globe, l. whip. Star in right field. PLN in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED BUST TYPE - DD. Not attested for obv. legend 1e (p. 135-136). For this bust type see also CORRIGENDA, VOL. VI, p. 134. Listed in Huvelin (no. 53-53a). Listed in Saint-Colombier-en-Sarzeau Hoard (p. 83, no. 3242). Listed in Cloke-Toone (7.03.041). Should be listed in RIC after LONDINIUM 177.

NOTES

Weight 3.79 g; diameter 23 mm. Coin sold on Roma Numismatics auction XIII (lot 1270) in March 2017 for GBP 120. Other specimens: - sold on eBay in July 2020 for GBP 75; sold on CNG eAuction 525 (lot 1390) in October 2022 for USD 180; weight 4.75 g; diameter 23 mm [click for picture]; - from CGB Live auction (brm_1141506), July 2026; weight 4.69 g; diameter 22 mm [click for picture]; - from Constantine Venetis' collection; weight 3.40 g; diameter 24 mm [click for picture]; - ex The New York Sale XIV (lot 428), January 2007; sold on CNG Triton XXVIII (lot 6159) in January 2025 for USD 425; sold on CNG eAuction 593 (lot 671) in August 2025 for USD 550; weight 4.43 g; diameter 22.5 mm; shown in Saint-Colombier-en-Sarzeau Hoard (plate XXII, no. 3242); shown in Huvelin (plate 8, no. 53a), erroneously described as from Boursies hoard [click for picture]; - from Via-Agrippa; weight 4.6 g; diameter 22 mm [click for picture]; - sold on eBay in June 2013 for USD 150.50; weight 4.21 g; diameter 22.9-23.4 mm [click for picture] [Thanks to the collaboration of Tomasz Speier]; - from FORVM ANCIENT COINS; posted by Noviomagus [click for picture]; - from: William Sharp Ogden, "A find of Roman bronze coins on the Little Orme's Head, North Wales. Supplement no. 2", British Numismatic Journal 1912, p. 84 and plate V, no. 7; weight 4.34 g; obv. legend unbroken [click for picture]; - from Huvelin (plate 8, no. 53); Boursies hoard, no. 336; obv. legend unbroken [click for picture].