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

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). Listed in Collezione Sabetta (p. 98, no. 525). Should be listed in RIC before ALEXANDRIA 54. See also: ALEXANDRIA 54, CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED OBVERSE, OFFICINA I

NOTES

Weight 3.84 g; diameter 18.55-19.75 mm. From author's collection. Other specimens: - from author's collection; weight 3.77 g; diameter 18.59-19.19 mm [click for picture]; - sold on Emporium Hamburg Alpha Auction No. 1 (lot 496) in December 2018 for EUR 30; donated by Gunther Schodlok to the collection of the Institut für Altertumskunde der Universität zu Köln (ID ARSK 0142); weight 3.26 g; diameter 18.9 mm [click for picture]; - sold on eBay in July 2018 for GBP 59; weight 3.30 g; diameter 18 mm [click for picture]; - sold on eBay in March 2017 for EUR 105; sold on VCoins (Victor's Imperial Coins) for USD 165; weight 3.17 g; diameter 18-19 mm [click for picture]; - from Collezione Sabetta (plate 19, no. 525); weight 3.09 g; diameter 18.6 mm [click for picture]; - from VCoins (Lucernae); weight 3.60 g; diameter 19 mm [click for picture]; - sold on eBay in August 2019 for GBP 31; weight 3.20 g; diameter 18 mm [click for picture]; - from the collection of Constantinvs [click for picture]; - from Beast Coins [click for picture];