RIC VII, ALEXANDRIA [before 54], CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED OBVERSE, OFFICINA I

OBVERSE	CONSTAN-TINVSAVG [CONSTANTINVS AVG]; head r., laur.
REVERSE	PROVIDEN-TIAEAVGG [PROVIDENTIAE AVGG]; camp gate with two turrets, no doors, varying number of stone layers; star above. Wreath in left field, II in right field. SMAL• in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED OBVERSE. RIC list this type of obverse (legend 1a and bust B1) only for the first part of this issue (ALEXANDRIA 49, p. 710), with no dot after SMAL in exergue. Also LRBC omits this obverse for Constantine (p. 32). Coin should be listed before ALEXANDRIA 54. See also: ALEXANDRIA 54, CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED OBVERSE, OFFICINA II

NOTES

Weight 2.86 g; diameter 18 mm. Coin sold on eBay in June 2013 for EUR 53. Now in Brent Upchurch's collection. Other specimens: - from the American Numismatic Society Collection (reg. no. 1944.100.11622); weight 3.51 g; diameter 18 mm [click for picture]; - sold on eBay in July 2018 for GBP 41; weight 3.35 g; diameter 18 mm [click for picture]; - sold on Roma Numismatics eSale 103 (lot 1308) in November 2022 for GBP 55; weight 2.01 g (sic!); diameter 18 mm [click for picture]; - sold on eBay in March 2017 for EUR 67; weight 3.04 g; diameter 20 mm [click for picture]; - sold on eBay in June 2019 for EUR 33.50; weight 3.47 g; diameter 18 mm [click for picture]; - from Guy Braun's collection; weight 2.96 g; diameter 19 mm [click for picture]; - sold on Vico auction 147 (lot 465) in March 2017 for EUR 120; ex Dattari [click for picture]; - sold on VCoins (Zurqieh) for USD 50; weight 2.55 g; diameter 19 [click for picture]; - from NVMMVS BIBLE II (NBD no. 90489); weight 3.30 g; diameter 18 mm [click for picture]; - from eBay, September 2021; weight 2.80 g; diameter 18 mm [click for picture]; - from FORVM ANCIENT COINS; weight 3.06 g; diameter 19 mm [click for picture]; - from Nemesis site; weight 3.10 g; diameter 19 mm [click for picture]; - sold on eBay in June 2012 for GBP 6.50; weight 3.1 g; diameter 18.5 mm [click for picture]; - ex Paweł Kubiczek; now in the collection of Johan Van den Eynde; weight 3.10 g; diameter 19 mm [click for picture].