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Search Advanced Search Search By Coin ID     Home ANCIENT/BYZANTINE Ancient Spain (872) Byzantine (753) MEDIEVAL/EARLY WORLD Germany (30) MODERN WORLD COUNTERFEITS AND IMITATIONS   Submit New Coin(s)   Sponsors page Terms of Service Contact Us About Us FAQ Page Coin Detail Click here to see enlarged image. ID:     52-327 Type:     Roman Imperial Issuer:     Constantine II Date Ruled:     AD 316-340 Metal:     Bronze Denomination:     AE3 Struck / Cast:     struck Date Struck:     AD 323 as Caesar Diameter:     20 mm Weight:     3.2 g Obverse Legend:     CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C Obverse Description:     Laureate bust right, wearing trabea, scepter in right hand, globe in left surmounted by radiate Sol standing facing, nude but for chlamys over left shoulder, right hand raise, globe in left Reverse Legend:     BEATA TRAN_QVILLITAS / VO/TIS/XX Reverse Description:     Globe on altar inscribed VO/TIS/XX, three stars above Exergue:     ●STR crescent Mint Mark:     ●STR crescent Mint:     Trier Primary Reference:     RIC VII unlisted Photograph Credit:     Anonymous Notes:     Virtually unknown bust type that is not listed in RIC. Footnotes on RIC VII, p.200, mention two examples of RIC 409 with a similar, Sol-on-globe bust type. This example is unmistakeably Sol. However, Alten and Zschucke do discuss this bust type [18r] specifically in their

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