7-2020

RIC VII, LYONS 148, CONSTANTINE II, DIE ERROR

  

OBVERSE

CONSTANTINVSIVNNC [CONSTANTINVS IVN N C]; bust r., laur., dr., cuir., seen from back.

REVERSE

BEATATRANQVILLITA [BEATA TRANQVILLITA (sic!)]; globe set on altar inscribed VO/TIS/XX in three lines; above, three stars. C in left field, R in right field. PLG in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

DIE ERROR. Specimen similar to LYONS 148 except for rev. legend ...TRANQVILLITA instead of ...TRANQVILLITAS. Possibly a clogged die.

NOTES

Weight 2.55 g; diameter 18 mm. Sold on CGB Monnaies 43 (lot 865) in April 2010 for EUR 95.


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski