7-3254

RIC VII, ARLES 309/311, CONSTANTINE I, HYBRID [IRREGULAR COIN]

  

OBVERSE

CONSTAN-TINVSAVG [CONSTANTINVS AVG]; head r., laur. [ARLES 309].

REVERSE

VROVIDEN-TIVECVASS [VROVIDENTIVE (sic!) CVASS (sic!)]; gateway with two turrets, star above, no doors, varying number of stone layers. S in left field, F in right field. NRLT in exergue [ARLES 311].

NOT IN RIC

HYBRID. Obverse ARLES 309 with reverse ARLES 311. But note crude style and errors in rev. legend. Apparently an ancient imitation.

NOTES

Weight 2.74 g; diameter 17 mm. Sold on eBay in April 2021.

Other specimens:

- sold on Leu Numismatik web auction 28 (lot 4563) in December 2023 for CHF 130; ex Lars Ramskold; weight 2.52 g; diameter 18 mm; rev. from teh same die [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski