Late Roman Bronze Coins

Coin talk => Late Roman Bronze coins => Topic started by: Victor on March 20, 2025, 10:11:10 AM

Title: Constantine II VLPP from London with unusual space in legend
Post by: Victor on March 20, 2025, 10:11:10 AM

The engraver left a bit of a gap in the obverse legend CONSTANT-INVS; even though he obviously could have used the room as C, the last letter of the legend, is below the bust.

 

Constantine II
A.D. 319- 320
FL CL CONSTAN-TINVS IVN N C; radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust left seen from the back.
VICTORIAE LAETAE PRINC PERP; two Victories stg., facing one another, together holding shield inscribed VOT PR on altar inscribed with✶ in wreath
In ex. PLN
RIC VII London 18; LMCC 9.01.036

ex- Dr Malcolm Lyne

Title: Re: Constantine II VLPP from London with unusual space in legend
Post by: Lech Stępniewski on March 21, 2025, 05:12:46 PM

Such gaps are not unusual for this type. Here the bigger one.

Title: Re: Constantine II VLPP from London with unusual space in legend
Post by: Victor on March 21, 2025, 06:48:13 PM

that is the usual over the bust gap where it is expected...what I posted is not.