RIC VII, LYONS [before 145], CONSTANTINE II, UNLISTED BUST TYPE [B1] [IRREGULAR COIN]

OBVERSE	CONSTANTINVSIVNNOBC [CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C]; head r., laur. [B1].
REVERSE	BEATATANQVILLITAS [BEATA TANQVILLITAS (sic!)]; globe set on altar inscribed VO/TIS/XX in three lines; above, three stars. C in left field, R in right field. PLG in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED BUST TYPE - B1. Not attested for obv. legend 7c (p. 131). Note TANQVILLITAS in rev. legend instad od TRANQVILLITAS. Probably an ancient imitation. Should be noted in RIC before LYONS 145.

NOTES

Weight 2.50 g; diameter 18.50 mm. Coin sold on eBay in June 2009 for GBP 28 [Thanks to the collaboration of Tomasz Speier]. Other specimens: - from Collection Claude Pisana no. 589; weight 2.41 g [click for picture]; - from CGB Monnaies 43 (lot 872), April 2010; note double "S" in TRANQVILLITASS; weight 2.03 g; diameter 18 mm [click for picture].