7-2021

RIC VII, ANTIOCH 91, URBS ROMA, UNLISTED OFFICINA Є AND MINTMARK VARIETY

  

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; between, three vertical dots. SMANЄ in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED OFFICINA - Є AND MINTMARK VARIETY. RIC lists for this type officinae A, B, Γ, S, Z, H, Θ, I (p. 693). Specimen similar to ANTIOCH 91 from unlisted officina Є except for three vertical dots on rev. like on rev. of NICOMEDIA 195. Could be an engraver's error. However, this coin may be regarded as an ancient imitation.

See also:
ANTIOCH 91, URBS ROMA, UNLISTED OFFICINA Δ
ANTIOCH 91, URBS ROMA, UNLISTED OFFICINA Є

NOTES

Weight 2.52 g; diameter 18.5 mm. From CGB E-shop (brm_214878), sold for EUR 95.


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski