RIC VII, ARLES 379, URBS ROMA, MINTMARK VARIETY, OFFICINA S

OBVERSE	VRBS-ROMA [VRBS ROMA]; bust l., helmet with plume (see CORRIGENDA, VOL. VII, p. 88), wearing imperial cloak.
REVERSE	She-wolf stg. l., suckling twins; two stars above. Wreath between them; one pellet inside wreath and two pellets placed on sides. SCONST in exergue
NOT IN RIC	MINTMARK VARIETY. Specimen similar to ARLES 379 except for additional pellets on rev. RIC lists only variety with one pellet inside wreath. This variety (or a separate issue) was for the first time described by David Berthod (Emissions inaperçues pour Arles, "Numismatique & Change", no. 452). Apparently pellets were added to distinguish this emission from the earlier one with empty wreath. So there are possibly still only two m.m. patterns: with wreath (ARLES 370-372) and with wreath and pellet/pellets (ARLES 375-378). Note that also empty wreath has usually pellet (or small rosette) on top of wreath. Listed in Collezione Sabetta (p. 216, no. 14). Not listed in Ferrando. See also: ARLES 379, URBS ROMA, MINTMARK VARIETY, OFFICINA P

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Weight 1.71 g; diameter 17 mm. From eBay, November 2014. Other specimens: - from Collezione Sabetta (plate 57, no. 14); weight 2.45 g; diameter 16.4 mm [click for picture]; - sold on eBay in March 2013 for GBP 62 [click for picture]; - from the collection of elagabale2000; off. letter not quite certain [click for picture].