RIC VI, TRIER 817a, CONSTANTINE, Æ TRIAL PIECE [IRREGULAR COIN]

OBVERSE	CONSTAN-TINVSPFAVG [CONSTANTINVS P F AVG]; head r., laur.
REVERSE	VBI[Q]VEVI-CT-ORES [VBIQVE VICTORES]; Constantine stg. r., im military dress, r, holding transverse spear, l. globe; seated captive on either side. TR in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	Æ TRIAL PIECE. Æ specimen similar to gold TREVERI 817a except for TR in m.m. instead of PTR. See example of TREVERI 817c from the same issue and with identical reverse (Münzkabinett of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin Collection, reg. no. 18202536; weight 4.28 g; diameter 17 mm). Possibly an Æ trial piece or an ancient forgery.

NOTES

Weight 3.29 g; diameter 16 mm. From London Ancient Coins auction O (lot 219), July 2014.