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. For Bruun opinion see 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". Coin should be listed 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; 10 coins) in February 2018 for EUR 280. Picture from Late Roman Bronze Coin Forum; posted by Victor. Other specimens: - from Forum des Monnaies de l'Antiquité; posted by crispus [click for picture].