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Constantine I SOL from Arles with G5 left bust
« on: September 16, 2017, 02:17:26 PM »
This coin is not in RIC (though this type is mentioned in footnote 144) and just sold for $293.64. Despite the seller’s claim that it is “unpublished” several examples are known- https://www.forumancientcoins.com/notinric/7arl-146.html


Constantine I
A.D. 317- 318
21mm    3.4gm
IMP CONSTANTINVS AVG; bust l., laureate and cuirassed, spear across r. shoulder, shield on l. arm.
SOLIINV-I-CTO COMITI; Sol stg. l., chlamys across l. shoulder, globe in l. hand, raising r. C/S in fields.
In ex. QARL
RIC VII Arles –