RIC VI, LONDINIUM [after 238], CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED BUST TYPE

OBVERSE	CONSTANTINVSPAV-G [CONSTANTINVS P AVG]; bust l., laur., helm., cuir., spear over r. shoulder, shield on l. arm [BB].
REVERSE	SOLIINVIC-TOCOMITI [SOLI INVICTO COMITI]; Sol stg. l., chlamys draped over l. shoulder and hanging behind, r. raised, l. holding up globe. Star in right field. PLN in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED BUST TYPE - BB. RIC lists for this obverse legend only bust types C, AA and CC (p. 137). Listed in Huvelin (no. 150). Note chlamys hanging behind (see: CORRIGENDA, VOL. VI, p. 137). Should be listed in RIC after LONDINIUM 238.

NOTES

Coin sold on Classical Numismatic Group auction in February 2009 for $134 [lot od 5 coins]. Other specimens: - specimen from the British Museum Collection (reg. no. 1977,1005.32); weight 4.43 g; obv. legend break A-V; rev. legend break I-C-T [click for picture]; - specimen sold on eBay in April 2010 for $73.33; weight 5.14 g; no obv. legend break [click for picture] [thanks to the collaboration of Tomasz Speier].