RIC VI, HERACLEA 67, CONSTANTINE, OFFICINA B [CONFIRMATION]

OBVERSE	IMPCFLVALCONSTANTINOPFINVAVG [IMP C FL VAL CONSTANTINO P F INV AVG]; head r., laur.
REVERSE	IOVICONS-ERVATORI [IOVI CONSERVATORI]; Jupiter stg. facing, head l., chlamys hanging from l. shoulder, r. holding globe, l. leaning on sceptre. Wreath in left field. HTB in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	OFFICINA B [CONFIRMATION] . RIC lists officina B after Voetter with annotation: "But with wrong obv. legend and wrong Cohen reference: probably to be rejected as the result of confusion" (footnote 4 on p. 540). See also CORRIGENDA, VOL. VI, p. 540. WARNING! Possibly a cast forgery of this type exists (see example from eBay). See also: HERACLEA 67, CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED OFFICINA A HERACLEA 67, CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED OFFICINA Γ HERACLEA 67, CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED OFFICINA Δ

NOTES

Weight 5.72 g; diameter 23 mm. Sold on Roma Numismatics eSale 80 (lot 1656) in February 2021 for GBP 80. Other specimens: - sold on VCoins (Romae Aeternae Numismtics) for USD 1,000; weight 4.62 g; diameter 23 mm [click for picture]; - from Agora Auctions sale 20 (lot 114), November 2014; weight 5.74 g; diameter 23.2 mm [click for picture]; - from VCoins (Romae Aeternae Numismatics); weight 4.70 g; diameter 23 mm [click for picture]; - from VCoins (Romae Aeternae Numismatics); weight 3.89 g; diameter 25 mm [click for picture]; - from FORVM ANCIENT COINS; posted by slokind; diameter 24 mm [click for picture]; - from Casa de Subastas de Madrid auction 634 (lot 2239), October 2022; weight 5.61 g; the same dies as the alleged forgery shown above [click for picture]; - from Casa de Subastas de Madrid auction 634 (lot 2240), October 2022; weight 5.67 g; the same dies as the alleged forgery shown above [click for picture]; - sold on Savoca Numismatik 155th blue auction (lot 1551) in February 2023 for EUR 90; weight 4.86 g; diameter 25 mm [click for picture]; - from eBay [click for picture]; - from: Dr. Wendelin Kellner, "Ungewöhnliche und irreguläre Römermünzen. 16. Teil: Constantinische Zeit (I)", Money Trend 2011, no. 6, p. 191, no. 4; weight 4.88 g; diameter 24.8-27.1 mm [click for picture]; - sold on eBay in February 2013 for USD 45 (officina letter uncertain) [click for picture];