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RIC VII, ROME 146, CONSTANTINE I, MINTMARK VARIETY, ENGRAVER'S ERROR

  

OBVERSE

CONST-ANTINVSAVG [CONSTANTINVS AVG]; bust r., helmeted, cuir.

REVERSE

ROMAEA-ETERNAE [ROMAE AETERNAE]; Roma std. r., shield in lap inscribed X/V. P in left field, R in right field. R••P in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

MINTMARK VARIETY. Specimen similar to ROME 146 except for dots (?) in m.m. It could be simply a die crack (but note enormous space between R and P) or an engraver's error. For varieties of Constantine's helmets from ROME 143-193 emission see CORRIGENDA, VOL. VII, p. 348.

NOTES

Weight 3.67 g; diameter 19 mm. From eBay.


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski