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RIC VII, TRIER [after 385], CONSTANTINE II, UNLISTED BUST TYPE [K4 l. var.], OFFICINA P

   

OBVERSE

CONSTANTINVSIVNNOBC [CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C]; bust l., laur., wearing trabea, Victory on globe in r. hand, sceptre in l. hand [K4 l. var.].

REVERSE

BEATATRAN-QVILLITAS [BEATA TRANQVILLITAS]; globe set on altar inscribed VO/TIS/XX; above, three stars. •PTR• in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED BUST TYPE. Not attested in RIC. Similar to consular bust K4 l. except for globe decorated with Victory and sceptre without eagle. Listed in RMBT (p. 70, no. 88). Coin should be listed after TRIER 385.

See also:
TRIER [after 385], CONSTANTINE II, UNLISTED BUST TYPE [K4 l. var.], OFFICINA S

NOTES

Weight 2.90 g; diameter 18 mm. Coin sold on CGB Monnaies 41 (lot 1325) in November 2009 for EUR 350.

Other specimens:

- from NVMMVS BIBLE II (NBD no. 34748) [click for picture] [Thanks to the collaboration of David Berthod];

- from RMBT (plate XXII, no. 88) [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski