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RIC VII, ANTIOCH [after 83], CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED ISSUE [CONSTANTINVS AVG]

  

OBVERSE

ANEPIGRAPHIC (no legend); head r. with plain diadem, looking upwards.

REVERSE

CONSTANT-INVSAVG [CONSTANTINVS AVG]; Victory advancing l., holding trophy and palm branch. SMAN in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED ISSUE. Reverse similar to ANTIOCH 83 (solidus, p. 692), but no silver is attested for that period. Coin should be listed after ANTIOCH 83.

NOTES

Siliqua. Weight 2.98 g. Coin sold on Numismatica Ars Classica auction 100 (lot 642) in May 2017 for CHF 5,500; sold on Numismatica Ars Classica auction 131 (lot 150) in May 2022 for CHF 12,000.

Other specimens:

- sold on Bertolami Fine Art auction 279 (lot 469) in March 2024 for EUR 1,100; weight 3.16 g; diameter 20.8 mm [click for picture];

- sold on Spink sale 4018 (lot 257) in October 2004 for GBP 600 [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski