A dream coin for a Constantine I coinage collector. RIC 84, the third specimen reported with chi-Rho on helmet.
Nice coin but rather the fourth. There are at least two specimens on NVMMVS BIBLE II and one on acsearch. All from officina B, so it was probably an invention of a single engraver.
« Last post by Victor on April 14, 2024, 09:51:18 AM »
Here is a sharp example of an otherwise common coin
Constantine I A.D. 312- 313 22mm 5.3g IMP C CONSTANTINVS P F AVG; laureate and cuirassed (with gorgon) bust right. SOLI INVICTO COMITI; Sol rad., stg. right, raising r. hand, globe in l., chlamys over left and falling on either side. in ex. RT RIC VI Rome 332
« Last post by Victor on April 10, 2024, 11:05:01 AM »
this coin has a workshop not listed in RIC. It sold for quite a price also-- £1,100 in the latest Roma auction...quite a bump from 180 euros in a Sol auction in 2023.
Constantine I ‘the Great’ BI Nummus. Nicomedia, AD 324-325. Laureate head to right / CONSTANTINVS AVG in three lines; wreath above, SMNΓ below. RIC VII 98 var. (mintmark); Leu 25, 2893. 2.04g, 18mm, 12h.
Constantine I A.D. 320- 321 20mm 2.9g CONSTANT-INVS AVG; laureate bust to left, wearing trabea, holding eagle-tipped sceptre. D N CONSTANTINI MAX AVG surrounding laurel wreath enclosing VOT XX. In ex. ST RIC VII Ticinum –