RIC VII, AQUILEIA 117A, CONSTANTINE II, [CORRECTION]

OBVERSE	CONSTANTINVSIVNNOBC [CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C]; bust r., laur., dr., cuir., seen from back.
REVERSE	PRINCIPI-IV-VENTVTIS [PRINCIPI IVVENTVTIS]; prince stg. l., head r., in military dress, cloak hanging from l. arm, holding standard surmounted by eagle with wreath in beak with r. hand, sceptre with l.; behind, standard with wreath on top. AQ in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	[CORRECTION]. Bruun writes in his "Adennda and Corrigenda" (p. 715) as follows: "p. 406, no. 117A. Obv. CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C (B3), rev. PRINCIPI-IV-VENTVTIS, as no. 117, but eagle on standard to l., wreath on standard to r., m.m. AQ, in Hess 28, 530. In view of the m.m. this solidus may well belong to the gold issues of A.D. 318-20, the creative period of the mint, from which no obvs. of Constantine II are known (cf. above, pp. 395-8). The rev. variety with a wreath on the standard to r. is otherwise unknown, and suggests that this type was created at Aquileia, as does the artistic quality of the coin." Note that there are more differences in rev.: prince is stg. l., but looking right and his cloak is not spread, but hanging from left arm. Additionally, the present author believes that this coin should be listed together with similar issue minted for Crispus (see: AQUILEIA [after 36], CRISPUS, UNLISTED ISSUE), i.e. after AQUILEIA 36. See also: AQUILEIA [after 117], CONSTANTINE II, UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND AND BUST TYPE

NOTES

Solidus. Weight 4.42 g. From Hess auction 28 (lot 530), May 1965 (this coin cited in RIC).