RIC VI, ROMA [after 325], CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED BUST TYPE [E]

OBVERSE	IMPCCONSTANTINVSPFAVG [IMP C CONSTANTINVS P F AVG]; bust r., laur., dr., cuir [E].
REVERSE	SOLIINV-I-CTOCOMITI [SOLI INVICTO COMITI]; Sol stg. l., chlamys over l. shoulder, r. raised, l. holding globe close to body. RS in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED BUST TYPE - E. Not attested for obv. legend 1a (p. 389). General note about this issue from p. 348-9: "[Also common] was Soli Invicto Comiti, in different versions, of which three are primary and often very common: produced from all four officinae [...] The whole issue, in which the four officinae seem to be fairly evenly used throughout, falls late in 312 and early 313". See: CORRIGENDA, VOL. VI, p. 388-390. Coin should be listed after ROMA 325.

NOTES

Weight 4.98 g; diameter 23.2 mm. Coin sold on VCoins in May 2006 for $75 [thanks to the collaboration of Armin Scholz]. Other specimens: - specimen sold on eBay in September 2011 for $67; now in Brent Upchurch's collection; weight 4.87 g [click for picture].