7-1870

RIC VII, LONDON 260, CONSTANTINE II, [CORRECTION]

  

OBVERSE

CONSTANTI-NVSIVNNC [CONSTANTINVS IVN N C]; bust l., rad., wearing trabea (?), raising r. hand.

REVERSE

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

NOT IN RIC

[CORRECTION]. RIC lists this type with bust L5 l. but there is no globe in Caesar's l. hand. Note also that bust could be described as draped and cuirassed and that the decoration on l. arm is not a shield. Listed in Cloke-Toone (9.06.028; not illustrated) with annotation that all known specimens have "no sign of a globe".

NOTES

Weight 2.48 g. From Numismatik Lanz auction 154 (lot 514), June 2012 (coin heavily tooled).

Other specimens:

- from Late Roman Bronze Coin Forum; posted by Victor; weight 2.10 g; diameter 19 mm [click for picture];

- from CNG auction 47 (lot 2032), September 1998; weight 2.71 g [click for picture];

- from the British Museum Collection (reg. no. 2012,4246.34); weight 3.53 g [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski