7-3130

RIC VII, ROME [after 17], CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED ISSUE [VICTORIA AET AVGG NN]

  

OBVERSE

IMPCONSTANTINVSPFAVG [IMP CONSTANTINVS P F AVG]; bust r., laur., dr., cuir.

REVERSE

VICTORIA-AET-AVGGNN [VICTORIA AET AVGG NN]; Constantine stg. l. in military dress, l. holding sceptre, r. receiving globe from Victory advancing r. ? in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED ISSUE. Probably belongs to the group minted in 314-315 with pattern R*P in exergue: Liberator Orbis and Pax Perpetua Augg Nn. Although m.m. is illegible, obv. style suggests Rome. Note that similar rev. with slightly different legend (AVGGG NNN instead of AVGG NN) was earlier in use in Ostia (cf. OSTIA [after 100], CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED ISSUE [VICTORIA AET AVGGG NNN]). Coin should be listed in RIC after ROME 17.

NOTES

Weight 2.61 g; diameter 20 mm. Coin sold on Savoca Numismatik 83rd blue auction (lot 1323) in August 2020 for EUR 1,600.


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski