RIC VII, ARLES 407, URBS ROMA, MINTMARK VARIETY, OFFICINA P

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. X between them. PCON in exergue
NOT IN RIC	MINTMARK VARIETY. Specimen similar to ARLES 407 except for PCON in exergue instead of PCONST. Listed in Ferrando (p. 220, no. 979). Could be regarded as an engraver's error or as an ancient imitation, but cf. RIC VIII ARLES 32-50. See also: ARLES 407, URBS ROMA, MINTMARK VARIETY, OFFICINA S ARLES 401, CONSTANTINOPOLIS, MINTMARK VARIETY ARLES 408, CONSTANTINOPOLIS, MINTMARK VARIETY

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Weight 1.60 g; diameter 14 mm. Coin sold on CGB Internet Auction January 2025 (brm_958795) for EUR 150. Other specimens: - from: Vincent Geneviève, "Un bronze inédit de la série VRBS ROMA à la marque X / PCON frappé dans? l’atelier d’Arles", BCEN 2011, vol. 47, no. 1, pp. 325-326; weight 1.39 g; diameter 14-15 mm [click for picture].