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RIC VII, THESSALONICA [after 144], CONSTANTINE I, MINTMARK VARIETY
  
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OBVERSE
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ANEPIGRAPHIC (no legend); head r., laur.
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REVERSE
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CONSTAN/TINVS/AVG [CONSTANTINVS AVG]; rev. legend in three lines; wreath above. SMTS in exergue.
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NOT IN RIC
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MINTMARK VARIETY. Specimen similar to THESSALONICA 141 except for no officina letter in m.m. Probably separate issue. See also: Lars Ramskold, "Constantine's Vicennalia and the Death of Crispus", Niš and Byzantium XI, 2013. Coin should be listed after THESSALONICA 144.
See also:
THESSALONICA [after 144], CRISPUS, MINTMARK VARIETY
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NOTES
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Weight 2.57 g; diameter 18 mm. Coin sold on CNG eAuction 243 (lot 488) in October 2010 for $800.
Other specimens:
- sold on eBay in December 2017 for EUR 356; weight 1.61 g; diameter 16 mm [click for picture];
- from Ramskold's article cited above, p. 422; weight 2.58 g [click for picture].
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