Constantine I COMITI AVGG N N from London...unending trabeate vs cuirassed

[Victor]

This coin is not in RIC for the obverse legend

 

Constantine I
A.D. 310-312
24mm 4.4g
CONSTANTINVS AG; laureate and trabeate bust left, holding eagle tipped scepter.
COMITI AVGG N N; Sol standing left, chlamys across left shoulder, right hand holding up globe, whip in left, in right field ✶.
In ex. PLN
RIC VI London --; LMCC 7.03.057, 2nd ed.


LMCC describes this bust as cuirassed; though in footnotes cites another example and says it might be trabeate. I believe anytime Constantine is holding an eagle tipped sceptre, the bust is meant to be trabeate; though it might resemble cuirassed.

for example this coin

 

Constantine I
A.D. 310-312
22x23mm    5.0gm
CONSTANTI-NVS AV[G]; laureate and cuirassed bust left, holding eagle tipped scepter.
COMITI-AVGG NN; Sol standing left, chlamys across left shoulder, right hand holding up globe, whip in left, in right field ✶.
In ex. PLN
RIC VI London 182; LMCC 7.03.047


LMCC says this coin is trabeate; but it is the same as the above coin; which is described as cuirassed.

[Lech Stępniewski]

I believe anytime Constantine is holding an eagle tipped sceptre, the bust is meant to be trabeate; though it might resemble cuirassed.

Yes, we can make such assumption and life will be much easier. However, my page is intended as a supplement to RIC, so I always try to imagine ("to imagine" because of the lack of good pictures) what Sutherland and Bruun had in their minds. And they explicitly describes some busts as cuirassed and with eagle-tipped sceptre (K2 in RIC VII).