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

OBVERSE	FLIVLCONSTANTIVSNOBC [FL IVL CONSTANTIVS NOB C]; bust l., laur., dr., cuir.
REVERSE	VIRTVS-CAESS [VIRTVS CAESS]; gateway with wide open doors of varying design, four turrets, varying number of stone layers, star above. 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], CONSTANTIUS II, UNLISTED ISSUE [PROVIDENTIAE CAESS] ARLES [after 317], CONSTANTINE II, UNLISTED ISSUE [VIRTVS CAESS]

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Weight 2.76 g. Sold on Nimrod Numismatik auction 7 (lot 1248) in July 2024 for EUR 60. Other specimens: - from Via-Agrippa; weight 2.80 g; diameter 20 mm [click for picture]; - from eBay, January 2023; weight 3.21 g; diameter 22 mm [click for picture]; - from a private collection [click for picture].