RIC VII, CONSTANTINOPLE 135A, CONSTANTINE II, UNLISTED OFFICINA Z

OBVERSE	ANEPIGRAPHIC (no legend); head r. with plain diadem, looking upwards.
REVERSE	CONSTAN-TINVSCAESAR [CONSTANTINVS CAESAR]; Victory advancing l., holding wreath, palm branch. C•Z in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED OFFICINA - Z. RIC lists this issue in "Addenda and Corrigenda" (p. 719), but only officina Γ is attested (rev. legend break I-N). 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 135A, CONSTANTINE II, UNLISTED OFFICINA Є CONSTANTINOPLE 135A, CONSTANTINE II, UNLISTED OFFICINA Θ

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Siliqua. Weight 3.16 g; diameter 20 mm. Coin sold on Numismatik Lanz auction 114 (lot 823) in May 2003 for EUR 1,000. Other specimens: - from the American Numismatic Society Collection (reg. no. 1944.100.85125); weight 2.34 g; diameter 18 mm [click for picture].