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Constantine I. AD 307/310-337. Æ Follis (22mm, 4.38 g, 6h). Londinium (London) mint. Struck circa AD 311-312. Laureate, helmeted, and cuirassed bust right, holding spear forward in right hand and shield on left arm / Sol standing left, chlamys across left shoulder, holding globe in right hand and whip in left; –|*//PLN. RIC VI –; Huvelin, Deux –; C&T Supp. 7.03.019 (this coin cited and illustrated). Dark green patina, some roughness. VF. Very rare variety.
From the Paul DiMarzio Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 368 (10 February 2016), lot 479.
This combination of obverse legend and type is not described by the authors of RIC (it should be legend 1d with obverse J). Huvelin did not describe the type either in her NZ article, but Hubert Cloke and Lee Toone in their new work, The London Mint of Constantius & Constantine, describe the type based on one example known to them from the Bourton-on-the-Water Hoard (no. 328).
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