7-1056

RIC VII, LONDON [after 267], CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED BUST TYPE [K3 l.]

  

OBVERSE

CONSTAN-TINVSAVG [CONSTANTINVS AVG]; bust l., laur., wearing trabea, eagle-tipped sceptre in r. hand [K3 l.].

REVERSE

BEATTRA-NQLITAS [BEAT TRANQLITAS]; globe on altar inscribed VOT/IS/XX in three lines; above, three stars. PLON in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED BUST TYPE - K3 l. Not attested for obv. legend 1b (p. 114). Note that the differences between bust types K2 and K3 are sometimes not obvious (see: CORRIGENDA, VOL. VII, p. 90). Listed in Cloke-Toone (9.05.009). Should be listed in RIC after LONDON 267.

NOTES

From Lee Toone: The London Mint of Constantine.

Other specimens:

- from Art Coins Roma (Bertolami Fine Art) auction 5 (lot 776, LC 185), May 2012; plate coin in Cloke-Toone; weight 3.32 g; diameter 19 mm [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski