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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:     RIC_VII_Nicomedia_164_trial Type:     Roman Imperial Issuer:     Constantine I (The Great) Date Ruled:     AD 306-337 Metal:     Bronze Denomination:     Trial Piece Struck / Cast:     struck Date Struck:     AD 330 Weight:     8.37 g Obverse Legend:     CONSTANT_INVS AVG Obverse Description:     Head right with plain diadem looking upward Reverse Legend:     Anepigraphic Reverse Description:     Emperor to front, looking left in quadriga, raising right hand, eagle-tipped sceptre on left arm. Mint Mark:     none Mint:     Nicomedia Primary Reference:     RIC VII unlisted (cf. RIC VII 164) Photograph Credit:     The New York Sale Source:     http://www.thenewyorksale.com/nysale/ Special Comments:     Of the greatest numismatic interest. Price Sold For:     3500 USD Date Sold:     7/1/2009 Grade:     VF Notes:     (1) The Aureus presented by P. M. Bruun in RIC VII was published first by Gnecchi, Medaglioni I, 22, 70; the only known specimen lays in the trays of the Royal Coin Cabinet in Copenhagen and is in rather bad shape, due to mounting. Bruun was therefore not sure, if the scepter on the rev. Ends with an eagle or not. Our trial piece answers this question definitively. The rev. Remembers the representations of a largitio, a coin type familiar in connection with the celebrations of AD 330, cf. RIC VII, 629, 170 and pl. 21. (2) Auction XX: Lot No. 455

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