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RIC VII, AQUILEIA 5, CONSTANTINE I, REVERSE VARIETY

  

OBVERSE

IMPCONSTANTINVSPFAVG [IMP CONSTANTINVS P F AVG]; bust r., laur., cuir.

REVERSE

SOLIINV-I-CTOCOMITI [SOLI INVICTO COMITI]; Sol rad., stg. l., raising r. hand, holding globe turned inwards at hip-level, chlamys falling down. AQP in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

REVERSE VARIETY. Specimen similar to AQUILEIA 5 except for Sol is holding globe turned inwards (sometimes at hip-level) instead of holding globe up. Also chlamys is sometimes falling down instead of flying.

NOTES

Weight 3.82 g; diameter 20 mm. Sold on Roma Numismatics eSale 86 (lot 1455) in July 2021 for GBP 65.

Other specimens:

- from: Dr. Wendelin Kellner, "Ungewöhnliche und irreguläre Römermünzen. 16. Teil: Constantinische Zeit (I)", Money Trend 2011, no. 6, p. 196, no. 31; weight 3.08 g; diameter 20.0-20.5 mm [click for picture];

- sold on eBay in August 2021 for CAD 119.50 [lot of 4 coins] [click for picture];

- sold on eBay in October 2012 for EUR 19.38 (chlamys flying); weight 3.92 g; diameter 20 mm [click for picture];

- sold on eBay in September 2012 for EUR 14.50 (chlamys flying) [click for picture];

- from Triskeles Auctions auction 18 (lot 415), December 2016 (chlamys flying; globe at hip-level); weight 2.48 g, diameter 20 mm [click for picture];

- from NVMMVS BIBLE II (NBD no. 76649); weight 3.60 g; diameter 19-20 mm [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski