7-4200

RIC VII, ROME 159, CONSTANTINE I, REVERSE VARIETY, OFFICINA Q

  

OBVERSE

CONSTA-NTINVSAVG [CONSTANTINVS AVG]; bust r., laur. helmet, cuir.

REVERSE

SAECVLIF-ELICITAS [SAECVLI FELICITAS]; wreath with AVG on cippus, decorated with garland. P in left field, R in right field. RQ in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

REVERSE VARIETY. Coin similar to ROME 158 (Leu web 13, lot 1515, 2.92 g, 20 mm) except for wreath on cippus instead of shield (p. 315). See also footnote 158 on p. 315: "Two rev. varieties: (a) not shield but wreath on cippus, streaming wreath ties, garland on face of altar, and (b) cippus on square base, face decorated but no garland, shield on cippus". For varieties of Constantine's helmets from ROME 143-193 emission see CORRIGENDA, VOL. VII, p. 348.

NOTES

Weight 3.05 g; diameter 18 mm. Coin sold on Nummitra auction 100 (lot 505) in December 2025 for EUR 120.


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski