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RIC VII, LYONS 191, CONSTANTINE II, REVERSE VARIETY

  

OBVERSE

CONSTANTINVSIVNNC [CONSTANTINVS IVN N C]; bust l., laur., cuir., Victory on globe in r. hand, pugio in l. hand.

REVERSE

BEATATRAN-QVILLITAS [BEATA TRANQVILLITAS]; globe set on altar inscribed VO/TIS/XX in three lines; above, three stars. C in left field, R in right field. PLG in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

REVERSE VARIETY. VO/TIS/XX on altar instead of VOT/IS/XX (p. 132). RIC does not list such variation, possibly the main one, as in the case of LYONS 171 and 179 (see the relevant footnotes on p.133). See also CORRIGENDA, VOL. VII, p. 89-90.

See also:
LYONS 166, CRISPUS, REVERSE VARIETY

NOTES

Weight 3.09 g; diameter 19.50 mm. Coin offered on Compagnie Générale de Bourse auction in April 2010 for EUR 420.


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski