RIC VI, TREVERI [before 51], CONSTANTIUS, Æ TRIAL PIECE OR IMITATION

OBVERSE	CONST-ANTIVSNC [CONSTANTIVS N C]; head r., laur.
REVERSE	HE[RC]VLICO-NSERVATORI [HERCVLI CONSERVATORI]; Hercules stg. r, l. holding apples and lion's skin, r. leaning on club. PTR in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	Æ TRIAL PIECE OR IMITATION. This specimen could be a Æ trial piece of unknown aureus from Trier (cf. similarity of obv. on this example of TREVERI 64; ANS 1944.100.5860, 5.31 g, 19 mm). Note, however, that Depeyrot mentions (p. 45, after 2B section) an imitation of aureus (weight 3.09 g) with the same m.m., rev. legend and slightly different obv. legend (...NOB C instead of ...N C). So it could be also an unplated core of another imitation.

NOTES

Weight 2.78 g; diameter 19 mm. From Michel P. collection [Thanks to the collaboration of Myriam Phéline].