7-2527

RIC VII, ANTIOCH [after 85], URBS ROMA, UNLISTED FOR TYPE, 9th OFFICINA [Θ]

  

OBVERSE

VRBS-ROMA [VRBS ROMA]; bust l., helmet with plume (see CORRIGENDA, VOL. VII, p. 88), wearing imperial cloak.

REVERSE

She-wolf stg. l., suckling twins; two stars above. SMANTΘ in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED FOR TYPE. RIC lists issue with m.m. pattern SMANTA only for Constantine I (p. 693). Coin should be listed after ANTIOCH 85.

See also:
ANTIOCH [after 85], URBS ROMA, UNLISTED FOR TYPE, 9th OFFICINA [ΔЄ]

NOTES

Weight 2.71 g; diameter 17.5-17.8 mm. From: Dr. Wendelin Kellner, "Ungewöhnliche und irreguläre Römermünzen. 17. Teil: Constantinische Zeit (II)", Money Trend 2011, no. 10, p. 170, no. 36.

Other specimens:

- from the collection of Tarusate; weight 2.53 g; diameter 18 mm [click for picture];

- from a private collection; weight 2.13 g [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski