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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Victor_Clark, post: 26058975, member: 10613&quot;]Sometimes I buy group lots for just one coin and this week I scored two unlisted coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>The first is a Constantine I from a group of 10 coins. It is not listed in <i>Roman Imperial Coinage</i> VII for the bust type with obverse legend; nor is it in Bastien&#039;s <i>Le monnayage de l’atelier de Lyon (318–337). </i>It should come after RIC VII Lyon 128,</p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>[ATTACH=full]1658272[/ATTACH] </i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>Constantine I</p><p>A.D. 321</p><p>CONSTANTINVS&nbsp; AVG; laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right.</p><p>BEATA TRANQVILLITAS; globe set on altar inscribed VO/TIS/XX; above, three stars; C-R across fields.</p><p>in ex. PLG</p><p>RIC VII Lyon —; Bastien —</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This coin was also in a lot of 10. To say it is rare is an understatement. I have never had an example; but there are a few online. It is RIC VIII Rome 208, with an unlisted workshop. Bastien&#039;s <i>Le monnayage de Magnence (350-353) </i>has two examples from workshop B; but none known from workshop S.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The reverse legend translates as “Renewal/rebirth of the city of Rome” in reference to the defeat of Nepotian.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1658273[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Decentius</p><p>A.D. 350</p><p>MAG DECENTIVS•N•CS•; bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust right</p><p>RENOBATIO VRBIS ROME; Roma helmeted std. l. on throne, holding Victory on globe and spear, beside her, a shield.</p><p>In ex. RS</p><p>RIC VIII Lyon 208; Bastien 465 (2 ex. for B)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><i>edited because I thought this coin was not in RIC</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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