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RIC VII, LONDON [after 137], CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED BUST TYPE [B5]

  

OBVERSE

IMPCONSTANTINVSAVG [IMP CONSTANTINVS AVG]; bust r., laur., cuir. [B5].

REVERSE

SOLIINVIC-TOCOMITI [SOLI INVICTO COMITI]; Sol stg. l., chlamys across l. shoulder, raising r. hand, globe in l. Crescent in left field. PLN in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED BUST TYPE - B5. RIC lists for this legend [1a] only bust type B4 (p. 105). Listed in Bourton Hoard (no. 1456-61). Listed in Cloke-Toone (8.11.025). Should be listed in RIC after LONDON 137.

NOTES

Weight 3.129 g. From the British Museum Collection (reg. no. 1927,0616.209).

Other specimens:

- from CGB, November 2009; weight 3.25 g; diameter 19 mm [click for picture];

- sold on eBay in December 2007 for EUR 15; plate coin in Cloke-Toone; weight 2.73 g; diameter 17.85-18.59 mm [click for picture];

- from NVMMVS BIBLE II (NBD no. 31704) [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski