RIC VI Ostia 85
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Record status
Individual type · research required
Issuing entity
Roman EmpireRIC VI Ostia 85. Denomination: AE3. Authority: Constantine I. Mint: Ostia. Source: American Numismatic Society, Online Coins of the Roman Empire.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- Bronze
- Denomination
- AE3
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Ostia
- Authority
- Constantine I
Design
- Obverse
- Bust of Constantine I, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right
- Reverse
- Sol, chlamys hanging behind (occasionally flying out), standing left (or standing front, head left), raising right hand and holding globe close to body in left hand
- Obverse legend
- IMP C CONSTANTINVS P F AVG
- Reverse legend
- SOLI IN-VI-CTO COMITI or SOLI - I-NVICTO COMITI or SOLI INV-I-CTO COMITI or SOLI I-NVI-CTO COMITI or SOLI INVIC-TO COMITI
Catalogue references
- RIC / OCREric.6.ost.85
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