7-1123

RIC VII, LYONS [after 92], CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED BUST TYPE [H2 l.]

   

OBVERSE

CONSTANT-INVSA-VG [CONSTANTINVS AVG]; bust l., helmeted, cuir., spear across r. shoulder, shield on l. arm [H2 l.].

REVERSE

CONSTANTINIAVG [CONSTANTINI AVG]; around VO/TIS/XX in three lines; m.m. follows line of circular inscription. •P•L• in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED BUST TYPE - H2 l. Not attested for obv. legend 1 (p. 128). Not listed in Bastien Lyon (318-337) and in Bastien Lyon - suppléments I-II. But cf. footnote 92 on p. 128: "Maur [Maurice, Numismatique constantinienne] ii, p. 117, rev. V. I, records an H2 l. or H4 l. in coll. Vo [Voetter], erroneusly referring to Voetter's 'Constantinus Junior' in NZ 1909. No such coin in V [Vienna]". Coin should be listed in RIC after LYONS 92.

NOTES

Weight 2.25 g; diameter 18 mm. Coin sold on eBay in October 2018 for EUR 79.

Other specimens:

- sold on eBay in February 2011 for USD 81; now in Brent Upchurch's collection; weight 2.26 g; obv. legend break N-Y [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski