RIC VI, LONDINIUM [after 141], CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED BUST TYPE [BB]

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RIC VI, LONDINIUM [after 241], CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED BUST TYPE [BB]

OBVERSE

CONSTANTINVSAV-G [CONSTANTINVS AVG]; bust l., laur., helm., cuir., spear over r. shoulder, shield on l. arm [BB].

REVERSE

ADVE-NTVSAVG [ADVENTVS AVG]; prince riding l., r. raised, l. holding up spear, on horse pawing seated captive to l. Star in right field. PLN in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED BUST TYPE - BB. RIC lists for this obv. legend only bust type Y (p. 134). Listed in Huvelin (no. 12). Coin should be listed after LONDINIUM 141.

NOTES

Coin sold on Classical Numismatic Group auction in February 2009 for $159 [lot of 3 coins].
Other specimens:

- specimen from the British Museum Collection (reg. no. 1982,1034.18); weight 4.485 g [click for picture];
- specimen sold on eBay in May 2010 for $75.10 [click for picture] [thanks to the collaboration of Tomasz Speier].