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RIC VII, ARLES 291/292, CONSTANTINE I, MINTMARK VARIETY, HYBRID [IRREGULAR COIN]

  

OBVERSE

CONSTA-NTINVSAVG [CONSTANTINVS AVG]; head r., laur.

REVERSE

VIRTVS-CAESS [VIRTVS CAESS]; gateway with wide open doors of varying design, four turrets, varying number of stone layers, star above. TA[dot in crescent]RL in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

MINTMARK VARIETY. Coin similar to ARLES 291 except for dot over crescent in m.m. instead of crescent only. Also, this coin is a hybrid: obverse ARLES 291 with reverse ARLES 292. Apparently an ancient imitation.

See also:
ARLES 291, CONSTANTINE I, MINTMARK VARIETY [IRREGULAR COIN]
ARLES 291, CONSTANTINE I, MINTMARK VARIETY [IRREGULAR COIN]
ARLES 291, CONSTANTINE I, MINTMARK VARIETY [IRREGULAR COIN]
ARLES 291, CONSTANTINE I, MINTMARK AND REVERSE VARIETY [IRREGULAR COIN]

NOTES

Weight 2.60 g; diameter 19 mm. From Coryssa database (ID 2084708).


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski