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RIC VII, ARLES [after 251], CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED ISSUE [m.m. PAR], OFFICINA P [IRREGULAR COIN]
  
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OBVERSE
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CONSTAN-TINVSAVG [CONSTANTINVS AVG]; head r., laur.
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REVERSE
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DNCONSTANTINIMAXAVG [D N CONSTANTINI MAX AVG]; in laurel wreath VOT/XX. PAR in exergue.
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NOT IN RIC
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UNLISTED ISSUE. RIC does not list issue with mintmark pattern PAR. However, Bruun mentions in footnotes few coins with irregular m.m. QAR, •SAR•, PAR (cf. p. 261, 263). Probably most coins with m.m. PAR should be regarded as ancient imitations. But some of them may belong to the official unlisted issue.
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NOTES
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Weight 2.65 g; diameter 17 mm. Coin sold on eBay in November 2017 for GBP 46.
Other specimens:
- ex Lars Ramskold; sold on Leu Numismatik web auction 30 (lot 2929) in July 2024 for CHF 110; weight 2.90 g; diameter 19 mm; laurel wreath resembles peal diadem [click for picture].
- from FORVM ANCIENT COINS; posted by Congius; note crescent in wreath [click for picture].
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