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RIC VI, ROMA 8a, CONSTANTIUS, REVERSE VARIETY

  

OBVERSE

CONSTAN-TIVSCAES [CONSTANTIVS CAES]; head r., laur.

REVERSE

VIRTVS-MILITVM [VIRTVS MILITVM]; camp-gate (its door open) with three forward turrets, two small turrets between them; behind, three small turrets between two turrets. PR in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

REVERSE VARIETY. RIC describes camp-gate on reverses of ROMA 5a-8b as having three forward turrets (no small turrets between them) and two small turrets between two turrets behind. See examples of:

ROMA 5a (HA 3102, lot 31062, 5.61 g, 18 mm);

ROMA 6a (CNG 121, lot 953, 5.36 g, 19 mm);

ROMA 6b (Berlin, no. 18239418, 5.25 g, 19 mm);

ROMA 7a (CNG 121, lot 941, 5.25 g, 19 mm);

ROMA 7b (BM, R.123, 4.78 g);

ROMA 8a (BM, BNK,R.67, 5.80 g);

ROMA 8b (ANS, 1944.100.2802, 4.65 g, 18 mm).

Variety not listed in Depeyrot. However, should be known to Sutherland because it is shown on example of ROMA 6b from plate 6 in RIC.

See also:
ROMA 5b, MAXIMIAN HERCULIUS, REVERSE VARIETY
ROMA 6b, GALERIUS MAXIMIAN, REVERSE VARIETY
ROMA 7b, MAXIMIAN HERCULIUS, REVERSE VARIETY

NOTES

Aureus. Weight 5.11 g; diameter 18 mm. Sold on CNG auction 121 (lot 954) in October 2022 for USD 4,625.

Other specimens:

- from Numismatica Ars Classica auction 49 (lot 430), October 2008; sold on Numismatica Ars Classica auction 138 (lot 821) in May 2023 for CHF 13,000; weight 5.47 g [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski