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RIC VII, SISCIA -/148, CONSTANTINE II, UNLISTED BUST TYPE [B3], HYBRID [IRREGULAR COIN]

  

OBVERSE

CONSTANTINVSIVNNOBC [CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C]; bust r., laur., dr., cuir., seen from back [B3].

REVERSE

DNCONSTANTINIMAXAVG [D N CONSTANTINI MAX AVG]; laurel wreath enclosing VOT/XX. ASIS in exergue [SISCIA 148].

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED BUST TYPE - B3, HYBRID. RIC lists only bust type B1 for Constantine II. The style is good but not entirely Siscian. Note also a very light weight. Possibly an imitative coin.

NOTES

Weight 2.0 g; diameter 18 mm. Coin offered on eBay auction in November 2012 for EUR 24. Now in Juan José Cuadrado's collection.


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski