Late Roman Bronze Coins

Coin talk => Unlisted => Topic started by: Victor on December 22, 2021, 08:48:17 AM

Title: Constantine I SOLI...err I mean CLARITAS REIPVBLICAE from Trier
Post by: Victor on December 22, 2021, 08:48:17 AM

I was sorting through a small pile of Constantine SOLI coins and was checking the reverse legend break on this one and something was off...the legend was wrong.  ;D

Not listed in RIC with this reverse for Constantine I, though a few others are known

Constantine I
A.D. 317
18x20mm 3.5gm
IMP CONSTANTINVS AVG; laureate and cuirassed bust right.
CLARITAS REIPVBLICAE; Sol rad., raising r. hand, globe in l.; stg. l., chlamys across l. shoulder, in fields T/F
In ex. BTR
RIC VII Trier –-