RIC VII, LYONS [after 62], CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED BUST TYPE [K3 l.]

OBVERSE	IMPCONSTANTINVSAVG [IMP CONSTANTINVS AVG]; bust r., laur., wearing trabea, eagle-tipped sceptre in r. hand [K3 l.].
REVERSE	SOLIINVIC-TOCOMITI [SOLI INVICTO COMITI]; Sol stg. r., looking l., chlamys across l. shoulder and hanging behind, raising r. hand, globe in l. A in left field, S in right field. PLG in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED BUST TYPE - K3 l. Not attested for obv. legend 1a and this rev. type (p. 126). Not listed in Bastien Lyon (294-316) and Bastien Lyon - suppléments I-II. Should be listed in RIC after LYONS 62.

NOTES

Weight 4.08 g; diameter 19 mm. Sold on Numisfitz auction 6 (lot 1005) in June 2025 for EUR 320. Other specimens: - sold on Demeter Coins auction 22 (lot 443) in September 2024 for EUR 60; now in Constantine Venetis' collection; weight 2.70 g; diameter 18.3 mm [click for picture]. - sold on eBay in Novemeber 2018 for EUR 102; weight 3.60 g; diameter 17-19 mm; reading of obv. legend not quite certain [click for picture]; - from: Georges Gautier, "La mention du cinquième consulat de Constantin 1er dans le monnayage de l'atelier de Lyon en 316 ap. J.-C.: un anachronisme inexpliqué?", Schweizer Münzblätter 2015, no. 258, pp. 36, no. 2 [click for picture].