6-1954

RIC VI, ALEXANDRIA 163, CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND, ENGRAVER'S ERROR

  

OBVERSE

FLVALERCONSTANTNIVSPFAVG [FL VALER CONSTANTNIVS (sic!) P F AVG]; head r., laur.

REVERSE

GENIO-AVGVSTI• [GENIO AVGVSTI•]; Genius stg. l., modius on head, naked but for chlamys over l. shoulder, r. holding head of Serapis, l. cornucopiae. Star over N over branch in left field and H over wreath in right field. ALE in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND, ENGRAVER'S ERROR. Specimen similar to ALEXANDRIA 163 except for ...CONSTANTNIVS...in obv. legend instead of ...CONSTANTINVS... Apparently an engraver's error. See also footnote 2 on p. 686: "Dotted H at Oxford with obv. -CONSTANTNIVS= (sic)".

See also:
ALEXANDRIA 162a, LICINIUS, UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND, ENGRAVER'S ERROR
ALEXANDRIA 163, CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND, ENGRAVER'S ERROR

NOTES

Weight 4.85 g; diameter 23 mm. From the American Numismatic Society Collection (reg. no. 1944.100.1879).


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski