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RIC VII, ROME 52, CONSTANTINE I, REVERSE VARIETY

  

OBVERSE

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

REVERSE

SOLIIN-VI-CTOCOMITI [SOLI INVICTO COMITI]; Sol rad., stg. l., raising r. hand, globe in l., chlamys across l. shoulder and flying out, captive to l. at his feet wearing high hat and looking ahead, hands lying freely. RQ in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

REVERSE VARIETY. The captive is described in RIC as wearing a Phrygian cap and there are two main varieties of his position: a) with head turned r., hands tied or sometimes with hands not tied and one hand raised; b) with bowed head, hands tied or sometimes with with hands not tied and one hand raised. Note also that sometimes Sol's chlamys is undoubtedly flying which could be regarded as a minor wariety.

See also footnote 51 on p. 302: "For reverse varieties, cf. Fischer, 'Verschiedenheiten der Stempel der ro Verschiedenheiten der Stempel der römischen Kaisermünzen des Constantin I', Mitt. des Clubs der Münz- und Medaillenfreunde, 1892, pp. 244 ff., and Appendix, pp. 347 f. below".

See also:
ROME 52, CONSTANTINE I, REVERSE VARIETY

NOTES

Weight 3.25 g; diameter 18 mm. Coin sold on eBay in September 2012 for EUR 712. Ex Lars Ramskold. Sold on Leu Numismatik web auction 28 (lot 4662) in December 2023 for CHF 1,900.


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski