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RIC VII, CONSTANTINOPLE 127, CONSTANTINE II, UNLISTED OFFICINA Γ
  
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OBVERSE
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ANEPIGRAPHIC (no legend); head r. with plain diadem, looking upwards.
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REVERSE
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CONSTANTI-NVSCAES [CONSTANTINVS CAES]; Victory advancing l., holding wreath, palm branch. CONSΓ in exergue.
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NOT IN RIC
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UNLISTED OFFICINA - Γ. RIC lists only officinae Z and Θ (p. 587). See also: Lars Ramskold, "The silver emissions of Constantine I from Constantinopolis, and the celebration of the millennium of Byzantion in 333/334 CE", Jahrbuch für Numismatik und Geldgeschichte 2016, vol. 68, pp. 145-198.
See also:
CONSTANTINOPLE 127, CONSTANTINE II, UNLISTED OFFICINA Є
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NOTES
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Siliqua. Weight 3.53 g; diameter 19 mm. From NVMMVS BIBLE II (NBD no. 69752).
Other specimens:
- from Ramskold's paper cited above, p. 180, fig. 12, L (Vinchon, 6 April 1959); weight 2.37 g [click for picture];
- from Numismatik Lanz auction 50 (lot 838), November 1989; weight 3.24 g [click for picture];
- sold on Gorny & Mosch auction 200 (lot 2855) in October 2011 for EUR 200; weight 2.68 g; rev. legend breaks N-T-I [click for picture].
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