6-954

RIC VI, LONDINIUM [after 265], CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED BUST TYPE [BAND]

  

OBVERSE

CONSTANTINVSPFAVG [CONSTANTINVS P F AVG]; bust r., helmet with band, cuir.

REVERSE

PRINCIPIIV-VENTVTIS [PRINCIPI IVVENTVTIS]; prince stg. facing, head r., in military dress, cloak hanging behind, r. holding transverse spear, l. globe. Star in left field. PLN in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED BUST TYPE. Not attested for Group IV (similar to bust type F from Group III, (iv), p. 134). Note, however, jeweled band as a helmet decoration instead of laurel wreath. Listed in Huvelin (no. 180). Listed in Cloke-Toone (7.11.005). Should be listed in RIC after LONDINIUM 265.

See also:
LONDINIUM [after 155], CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED BUST TYPE F [VARIETY WITH BAND]
LONDINIUM 177, CONSTANTINE, BUST TYPE VARIETY [BAND]
LONDINIUM 187, CONSTANTINE, BUST TYPE VARIETY [BAND]
LONDINIUM 203, CONSTANTINE, BUST TYPE VARIETY [BAND]
LONDINIUM [after 258], CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED BUST TYPE [H] [VARIETY WITH BAND]

NOTES

Plate coin in Cloke-Toone. From Huvelin (plate 14, no. 180); Boursies hoard, no. 326.


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski