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RIC VI, ALEXANDRIA 85, CONSTANTINE, OBVERSE LEGEND VARIETY, ENGRAVER'S ERROR

  

OBVERSE

FLAVALCONSNTANTINVSNOBC [FLA VAL CONSTANTINVS NOB C]; bust r., rad., dr., cuir.

REVERSE

CONCORDIAM[IL]-ITVM [CONCORDIA MILITVM]; prince stg. r. in military dress, receiving small Victory on globe from Jupiter stg. l., l. leaning on sceptre. Δ in middle field. ALE in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

OBVERSE LEGEND VARIETY. FLA VAL CONSTANTINVS NOB C instead of FL VAL CONSTANTINVS NOB CAES could be a correct variety of obv. legend. However, engraver from officina Δ apparently had problems with legend for Constantine and this is simply his another error.

See also:
ALEXANDRIA 85, CONSTANTINE, OBVERSE LEGEND VARIETY, ENGRAVER'S ERROR
ALEXANDRIA 85, CONSTANTINE, OBVERSE LEGEND VARIETY, ENGRAVER'S ERROR
ALEXANDRIA 85, CONSTANTINE, OBVERSE LEGEND VARIETY, ENGRAVER'S ERROR

NOTES

Weight 3.00 g; diameter 20 mm. Ex Lars Ramskold. Coin sold on Leu Numismatik web auction 26 (lot 5505) in July 2023 for CHF 460.


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski