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RIC VI, NICOMEDIA 24, CONSTANTIUS, REVERSE LEGEND VARIETY
  
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OBVERSE
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CONSTANTI-VSCAESAR [CONSTANTIVS CAESAR]; head r., laur.
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REVERSE
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PROVIDEN-TIAAVGG [PROVIDENTIA AVGG]; four-turreted camp-gate, open, with doors thrown back; star above gate, no eagles on turrets. SMNΓ in exergue.
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NOT IN RIC
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REVERSE LEGEND VARIETY. Specimen similar to NICOMEDIA 24 except for PROVIDENTIA in rev. legend instead of PROVIDENTIAE. Possibly an engraver's error.
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NOTES
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Argenteus. Weight 3.36 g; diameter 20 mm. Coin sold on Rauch auction 105, session II (lot 530) in November 2017 for EUR 850; sold on Leu Numismatik auction 2 (lot 321) in May 2018 for CHF 750; sold on Leu Numismatik auction 4 (lot 739) in May 2019 for CHF 800.
Other specimens:
- sold on Agora Auctions sale 37 (lot 223) in July 2015 for USD 120; from the same dies; weight 2.50 g; diameter 20.8 mm [click for picture];
- from Münz Zentrum Rheinland auction 179, session 1 (lot 542), January 2017; weight 3.15 g [click for picture].
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