6-033

RIC VI, SERDICA 2a, CONSTANTIUS, UNLISTED OFFICINA Δ

  

OBVERSE

CONSTAN-TIVSNOBC [CONSTANTIVS NOB C]; head r., laur.

REVERSE

VIRTVS-MILITVM [VIRTVS MILITVM]; Three-turreted campgate, open, without doors. •SM•SDΔ• in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED OFFICINA - Δ. RIC lists only officina A [rarity R4] (p. 491). General note from p. 486: "Struck from five officinae (though not all of these are now well evidenced) and at a weight of c. 3.3 gm., this was in the names of all four rulers: the reverse type was the late three-turreted camp-gate (open and without doors) which had already appeared at Thessalonica, with legend Virtus Militum. The coins are now of considerable rarity".

Listed in Gautier Argent (294-312) (p. 452, no. 19).

See also:
SERDICA 2a, CONSTANTIUS, UNLISTED OFFICINA Γ

NOTES

Argenteus. Weight 3.26 g; diameter 19 mm. Coin sold on Gorny & Mosch auction 133 (lot 515) in October 2004 for EUR 2,300; sold on Gorny & Mosch auction 284 (lot 1010) in March 2022 for EUR 1,300.


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski