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RIC VI, SISCIA [after 135a], CONSTANTIUS, UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND [FORGERY]

  

OBVERSE

CONSTANTIVSNOBCAVG [CONSTANTIVS NOB C AVG]; head r., laur.

REVERSE

SACRAMONETAVGGETCAESSNOSTR [SACRA MONET AVGG ET CAESS NOSTR]; Moneta stg. l., r. holding scales, l. cornucopiae. Star in left field, B in right field. SIS in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND. Not attested in RIC VI. Specimen similar to SISCIA 135a except for obv. legend: ...NOB C AVG (which is quite nonsensical) instead of ...NOB CAES. In fact this coin is a modern forgery.

Note that this reverse also appears on forgery of another "unlisted variety". See SISCIA [after 152] [FORGERY].

NOTES

Diameter 27 mm. From FAC "Fake Coin Reports".

Other specimens:

- from FAC "Fake Coin Reports" [click for picture];

- from FAC "Fake Coin Reports" [click for picture];

- from FAC "Fake Coin Reports"; weight c. 21 g (sic!) [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski