7-2582

RIC VII, ARLES [before 30], CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED BUST TYPE [B4], OFFICINA P

  

OBVERSE

IMPCONSTANTINVSPFAVG [IMP CONSTANTINVS P F AVG]; bust r., laur., dr., cuir. [B4].

REVERSE

PROVIDEN-TI-AEAVGG [PROVIDENTIAE AVGG]; female stg. on prow, holding cornucopiae, received by turreted Arles holding sceptre. PARL in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED BUST TYPE - B4. Not attested for this rev. type and obv. legend 1 (p. 237). Listed in Collezione Sabetta (p. 56, no. 141). Listed in Ferrando (p. 99, no. 335). Should be listed in RIC before ARLES 30.

See also:
ARLES [before 30], CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED BUST TYPE [B4], OFFICINA T
ARLES [before 30], CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED BUST TYPE [B4], OFFICINA Q

NOTES

Weight 3.06 g; diameter 20 mm. From Collezione Sabetta (plate 6, no. 141).

Other specimens:

- from : William Sharp Ogden, "A find of Roman bronze coins on the Little Orme's Head, North Wales. Supplement", British Numismatic Journal 1909, p. 10 and plate IV, no. 22; weight 3.11 g [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski