7-2536

RIC VII, LONDON 146, CONSTANTINE II, [CORRECTION]

  

OBVERSE

CONSTANTINVSIVNNOBCAES [CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB CAES]; bust r., laur., cuir.

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

[CORRECTION]. RIC lists this type with bust B3 (laur., dr., cuir., seen from back). Actually, the coin cited in RIC has bust type B5 (laur., cuir.). See Cloke-Toone, reference on p. 244 to 8.11.040.

NOTES

Weight 3.53 g; diameter 19 mm. Sold on eBay in March 2020 for GBP 46.88.

Other specimens:

- from : Dr. Wendelin Kellner, "Ungewöhnliche und irreguläre Römermünzen. 16. Teil: Constantinische Zeit (I)", Money Trend 2011, no. 6, p. 193, no. 16; weight 2.90 g; diameter 18.8-19.0 mm [click for picture];

- plate coin in Cloke-Toone; weight 3.62 g; diameter 18.2-19.0 mm [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski