RIC VI, NICOMEDIA [after 4], CONSTANTIUS, REVERSE VARIETY

OBVERSE	CONSTANTI-VSNOBCAES [CONSTANTIVS NOB CAES]; head r., laur.
REVERSE	HERCVLI-VICTORI [HERCVLI VICTORI]; Hercules stg. l., r. holding apples and lion's skin, l. leaning on club. SMN in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	REVERSE VARIETY. Coin similar to NICOMEDIA 4 (CNG Triton XXVI, lot 845, 5.35 g, 20 mm) but Hercules is stg. l. instead of stg. r. Not listed in Depeyrot. Coin should be listed in RIC after NICOMEDIA 4.

NOTES

Aureus. Weight 5.39 g; diameter 20 mm. Coin sold on Pecunem (Gitbud & Naumann) 24 (lot 650) in November 2014 for EUR 18,000; sold on Numismatica Ars Classica auction 100 (lot 621) in May 2017 for CHF 17,000.