RIC VII, ARLES [after 317], CONSTANTIUS II, UNLISTED ISSUE [PROVIDENTIAE CAESS]

OBVERSE	FLIVLCONSTANTIVSNOBC [FL IVL CONSTANTIVS NOB C]; bust l., laur., dr., cuir.
REVERSE	PROVIDEN-TIAECAESS [PROVIDENTIAE CAESS]; gateway with two turrets, star above, no doors, varying number of stone layers. ARLΔ in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED ISSUE. There is a small evidence of two unlisted issues of Providentiae and Virtus series minted in Arles. Both use Greek letters for marking the officinae [A-Δ]. The first has ARLA-Δ in m.m., and the second has additionally letters S|F in fields. However, place of these issues in official coinage still remains controversial. See also footnote 312 from p. 268: "The author prefers to regard these mint-marks, or this way of marking the fourth officina, as a peculiar slip of some mint official and not as indicative of an issue marking the officinae with Greek letters". Not listed in Ferrando. Should be listed in RIC after ARLES 317. See also: ARLES [after 317], CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED ISSUE [PROVIDENTIAE AVGG], OFFICINA A ARLES [after 317], CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED ISSUE [PROVIDENTIAE AVGG], OFFICINA B ARLES [after 317], CONSTANTINE II, UNLISTED ISSUE [VIRTVS CAESS] ARLES [after 317], CONSTANTIUS II, UNLISTED ISSUE [VIRTVS CAESS]

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Weight 2.80 g; diameter 19-20 mm. Coin sold on Numismatik Naumann auction 62 (lot 1122) in February 2018 for EUR 280 [lot of 10 coins]. Picture from the Late Roman Bronze Coin Forum; posted by Victor. Other specimens: - from Forum des Monnaies de l'Antiquité; posted by crispus [click for picture].