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RIC VII, LONDON [before 236], CONSTANTINE II, UNLISTED BUST TYPE AND LEGENDS
  
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OBVERSE
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CONSTANTINVSIVNNOBC [CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C]; bust r., helmeted, cuir. [D2].
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REVERSE
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BEATATR-NQVILTAS [BEATA TRNQVILTAS (sic!)]; globe on altar inscribed VOT/IS/XX in three lines; above, three stars. PLON in exergue.
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NOT IN RIC
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UNLISTED BUST TYPE [D2] AND LEGENDS. RIC lists for Constantine's II coins with BEATA rev. legend only short obv. legend ["N C" instead of "NOB C"] and bust types C3 l. and D2 l. (p. 112). Bust type D2 and obv. legend with "NOB C" are attested for later issue with BEAT TRANQLITAS rev. legend [LONDON 286 and LONDON 282-283]. Portrait style is excellent but note strange rev. legend BEATA TRNQVILTAS, expected rather on unofficial coin (but see footnote 284 on p. 115). Coin should be listed before LONDON 236.
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