7-1311

RIC VII, LONDON 167, CONSTANTINE I, [CORRECTION]

  

OBVERSE

IMPCONSTAN-TINVSMAXAVG [IMP CONSTANTINVS MAX AVG]; bust l., rad., wearing trabea, raising r. hand, globe in l. hand [L5 l.].

REVERSE

VICTORIAELAETAEPRINCPERP [VICTORIAE LAETAE PRINC PERP]; two Victories facing one another, holding vota shield inscribed VOT/PR above altar decorated with wreath with star. PLN in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

[CORRECTION]. Bust type is marked in RIC as L4 l., i.e. 'cuirassed'. Should be L5 l., i.e. 'wearing trabea' or at least 'cuirassed and draped'. Listed in Cloke-Toone (9.01.017). See also CORRIGENDA, VOL. VII, p. 108.

NOTES

Weight 3.28 g; diameter 20 mm. Coin from ACR Auctions auction 6 (lot 1210), December 2012.

Other specimens:

- from the Münzkabinett of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin Collection (reg. no. 18244552); plate coin in Cloke-Toone; weight 3.01 g; diameter 18 mm [click for picture];

- from the Münzkabinett of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin Collection (reg. no. 18244554); weight 2.74 g; diameter 19 mm; obv. legend break I-N [click for picture];

- from CNG auction 49 (lot 1792), March 1999; weight 3.36 g; obv. legend break I-N [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski