7-2504

RIC VII, TRIER 475, CONSTANTINE I, MINTMARK VARIETY [IRREGULAR COIN]

  

OBVERSE

CONSTAN-TINVSAVG [CONSTANTINVS AVG]; head r., laur.

REVERSE

PROVIDEN-TIAEAV[G]G [PROVIDENTIAE AVGG]; camp gate, two turrets, no doors, varying number of stone layers. •PTR[dot over crescent] in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

MINTMARK VARIETY. Specimen similar to TRIER 475 except for additional dot in m.m. Cf. footnote 475 on p. 209: "Maur. i, pp. 457 f., rev. I-II, also records the quite exceptional m.m. •PTR[dot over crescent] for most of the Providentiae busts". Note also absence of star over camp gate. Probably an ancient imitation.

NOTES

Weight 2.60 g; diameter 17.2-18.9 mm. Sold on eBay in June 2016. Now in the Charles Geddes Collection.


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski