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RIC VII, TRIER 135, CONSTANTINE I, REVERSE VARIETY

  

OBVERSE

CONSTANTINVSPFAVG [CONSTANTINVS P F AVG]; bust r., laur., cuir.

REVERSE

SOLIINVIC-TOCOMITI [SOLI INVICTO COMITI]; Sol rad., stg. l., raising r. hand, globe in l. at hip-level, turned invards, chlamys across l. shoulder. T in left field, F in right field. •ATR in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

REVERSE VARIETY. Specimen similar to TRIER 135 (ANS 1984.146.1447, 3.00 g, 21 mm) except for Sol holding globe turned inwards instead of turned out. Note that description in RIC is very short and general: "globe in l." (p. 174), but for the former Soli issue [TRIER 92-107] two types of reverses were distinguished: Sol with globe in l. at hip-level, turned inwards [TRIER 92-94] and Sol with globe higher and turned out [TRIER 95-107]. There is no reason for omitting this difference.

See also:
TRIER 132, CONSTANTINE I, REVERSE VARIETY
TRIER 133, CONSTANTINE I, REVERSE VARIETY

NOTES

Weight 3.70 g; diameter 19 mm. From the Genio popvli romani Collection.

Other specimens:

- from CGB E-shop (brm_592367), sold for EUR 60; Chitry Hoard (no. 1579); weight 3.49 g; diameter 19.5 mm [click for picture];

- from eBay, February 2014 [click for picture] [Thanks to the collaboration of Mariusz Graczyk];

- from NVMMVS BIBLE II (NBD no. 18422) [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski