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RIC VII, NICOMEDIA [after 75], CONSTANTINE II, UNLISTED MINTMARK [SMNP]

  

OBVERSE

CONSTANTINVSIVNNOBC [CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C]; bust r., laur., dr., cuir.

REVERSE

PRINCIPI-I-V-VENTVTIS [PRINCIPI-IVVENTVTIS]; prince stg. l., looking r., in military dress, holding sceptre on l. arm, standard with eagle holding wreath in r. hand; to r., another standard with hand. SMNP in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED MINTMARK. Not attested for this issue. RIC lists for Constantine II: SMN, SMNΓ, SMNK, SMNM and SMNN (p. 613). Coin should be listed after NICOMEDIA 75.

NOTES

Solidus. Weight 4.41 g; diameter 20 mm. Gitta Kastner auction 4 (lot 296), November 1973; Numismatica Ars Classica auction 38 (lot 241), March 2007.


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski