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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;maridvnvm, post: 3737583, member: 31620&quot;][USER=87659]@Caesar_Augustus[/USER] Great coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are some contemporaries.....</p><p><br /></p><p>Similar but the smaller (later) variety</p><p><br /></p><p>Obv:– IMP CONSTANTINVS P F AVG, Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from rear</p><p>Rev:– SOLI INVIC-TO COMITI, Sol standing left holding globe in left and raising right.</p><p>Minted in Lugdunum. F in left field, T in right field, PLC in exe. A.D. 309 - 310</p><p>Reference:– RIC VI Lugdunum 310 </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/RI%20160by%20img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>This one is from the same issue as yours but has a previously unknown short legend (lacking the leading IMP). This one should be in the next Bastien supplement.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/RI_160el_img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>There are other reverse variations in tbis issue.</p><p><br /></p><p>Obv:– IMP CONSTANTINVS P F AVG, Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from rear</p><p>Rev:– SOLI INVIC-TO COMITI, Sol walking left holding globe in left and raising right.</p><p>Minted in Lugdunum. F in left field, T in right field, PLC in exe. A.D. 309 - 310</p><p>Reference:– RIC VI Lugdunum - (Unlisted reverse type variation). Bastien 529 (4 examples cited)</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/RI%20160co%20img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>Obv:– IMP CONSTANTINVS P F AVG, Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind</p><p>Rev:- SOLI INVIC-TO COMITI, Sol advancing left, raising right hand, holding whip in left hand</p><p>Minted in Lugdunum (F | T / PLG). Spring A.D. 310 - 311</p><p>Reference:– RIC VI Lugdunum 312 (Rated Scarce). Bastien XI 528 (28 examples)</p><p>3.32g. 24.26mm</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/RI_160dw_img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>My favourite is this earlier issue.</p><p><br /></p><p>Obv:– IMP C CONSTANTINVS P F AVG, Laureate, draped bust right (seen from the rear)</p><p>Rev:– GENIO POP ROM, Genius standing left, wearing modius and chlamys, sacrificing from patera on flaming altar and holding cornucopiae</p><p>Minted in Lugdunum (CI | H/S / PLC) A.D. Autumn A.D. 308 to start A.D. 309 (Bastien)</p><p>Reference:– Bastien 509 (75 examples cited). RIC VI 287 (though Bastien groups both Modius and Towered versions into one group)</p><p>6.35 gms. 25.67 mm</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/RI_160dk_img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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