RIC VII, ARLES [after 317], CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED ISSUE [PROVIDENTIAE AVGG], OFFICINA B

OBVERSE	CONSTAN-TINVSAVG [CONSTANTINVS AVG]; head r., laur.
REVERSE	PROVIDEN-TIAEAVGG [PROVIDENTIAE AVGG]; gateway with two turrets, star above, no doors, varying number of stone layers. ARLB 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], CONSTANTIUS II, UNLISTED ISSUE [PROVIDENTIAE CAESS] ARLES [after 317], CONSTANTINE II, UNLISTED ISSUE [VIRTVS CAESS] ARLES [after 317], CONSTANTIUS II, UNLISTED ISSUE [VIRTVS CAESS]

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Weight 3.19 g; diameter 21 mm. Coin sold on Numismatik Naumann auction 94 (lot 691) in October 2020 for EUR 70.