6-985

RIC VI, TREVERI [before 51], CONSTANTIUS, Æ TRIAL PIECE OR Æ FRACTION

  

OBVERSE

CONST-ANTIVSNC [CONSTANTIVS N C]; head r., laur.

REVERSE

HE[RC]VLICO-NSERVATORI [HERCVLI CONSERVATORI]; Hercules stg. r, l. holding apples and lion's skin, r. leaning on club. PTR in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

Æ TRIAL PIECE OR Æ FRACTION. Possibly a Æ trial piece of unknown aureus from Trier (cf. similarity of obv. with this example of TREVERI 64; ANS 1944.100.5860, 5.31 g, 19mm). It could be also an unknown Æ fraction (not listed in Zschucke BTP or King).

NOTES

Weight 2.78 g; diameter 19 mm. From Michel P. collection [Thanks to the collaboration of Myriam Phéline].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski