7-580

RIC VII, LONDON [before 267], CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED BUST TYPE

  

OBVERSE

CONSTAN-TINVSAVG [CONSTANTINVS AVG]; bust r., laur., cuir., eagle-tipped sceptre in r. hand [K2].

REVERSE

BEATTRA-NQLITAS [BEAT TRANQLITAS]; globe on altar inscribed VOT/IS/XX in three lines; above, three stars. PLON in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED BUST TYPE - K2. RIC lists for this obv. legend bust types D2, D2 l., G2, G5 l., and K3 (p. 114). See: CORRIGENDA, VOL. VII, p. 90. Coin should be listed before LONDON 267.

NOTES

Weight 3.55 g; diameter 19 mm. Coin sold on eBay in July 2008 for $158.05.

Other specimens:

- specimen offered on Classical Numismatic Group site for $165; weight 3.61 g; diameter 19 mm; obv. legend break A-N [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski