RIC VI, ROMA 87a, CONSTANTIUS, MINTMARK VARIETY

OBVERSE	FLVALCONSTANTIVSNOBC [FL VAL CONSTANTIVS NOB C]; bust r., rad., dr., with or without cuir.
REVERSE	VOT/XX in two lines in wreath.
NOT IN RIC	MINTMARK VARIETY. Specimen similar to ROMA 87a except for absence of officina letter. See footnote 2 on p. 359: "These common coins have been studied and recorded with insufficient care. It appears that there were examples (of which Vienna contains a number) without any officina-letter—a separate issue, or result of error in engraving ?". Judging from quantity, "a separate issue" is far more probable than "error in engraving".

NOTES

Fraction. Weight 2.64 g; diameter 19.9-21.7 mm. From Tomasz Speier's collection. Other specimens: - from VCoins (Romae Aeternae Numismatics); weight 2.76 g; diameter 21 mm [click for picture]; - sold on eBay in August 2013 for USD 19; weight 3.29 g; diameter 21 mm [click for picture] [Thanks to the collaboration of Mariusz Graczyk]; - from the Philippe Gysen Collection; weight 3.26 g [click for picture]; - from Victor Failmezger's collection (no. 37 in RBC); photo by Doug Smith; weight 3.40 g; diameter 20.79 mm [click for picture]; - from: Dr. Wendelin Kellner, "Ungewöhnliche und irreguläre Römermünzen. 15. Teil: Tacitus - Maxentius", Money Trend 2011, no. 3, p. 202, no. 22; weight 2.87 g; diameter 19.2-21.2 mm [click for picture]; - from eBay, March 2012 [click for picture]; - from the Charles Geddes Collection; weight 2.90 g; diameter 18.9-19.9 mm [click for picture].