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RIC VI, NICOMEDIA 56, CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND, ENGRAVER'S ERROR

  

OBVERSE

FLVALCONSTANTINVSPFAVS [FL VAL CONSTANTINVS P F AVS (sic!)]; head r., laur.

REVERSE

GENIOCA-E-SARISCMH [GENIO CAESARIS CMH (ligature)]; Genius stg. l., modius on head, naked but chlamys over l. shoulder and falls low, r. holding patera (from which liquor flows), l. cornucopiae. SMNΓ in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND. Specimen similar to NICOMEDIA 56 except for obv. legend ended with ...P F AVS instead of ...FIL AVG. Apparently an engraver's error.

See also:
NICOMEDIA 56, CONSTANTINE, ENGRAVER'S ERROR

NOTES

Weight 5.97 g. From the Late Roman Bronze Coin Forum; posted by six2ten.


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski