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RIC VII, CONSTANTINOPLE [before 127], CONSTANTINE II, UNLISTED REVERSE LEGEND
  
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OBVERSE
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ANEPIGRAPHIC (no legend); head r. with plain diadem, looking upwards.
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REVERSE
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CONSTAN-TI-NVSCAESAR [CONSTANTINVS CAESAR]; Victory advancing l., holding wreath, palm branch. CONSΘ in exergue.
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NOT IN RIC
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UNLISTED REVERSE LEGEND. RIC lists for this type only shorter reverse legend CONSTANTINVS CAES (p. 587).
Note that Bruun apparently mixes two separate emissions with m.m. CONSA. Emission 6 (335-336) in Ramskold - Constantinople silver. Coin should be listed before CONSTANTINOPLE 127.
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NOTES
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Siliqua. Weight 2.73 g; diameter 23 mm. Coin sold on Astarte auction XIX (lot 993) in May 2006 for CHF 1,500.
Other specimens:
- sold on CNG auction 84 (lot 1531) in May 2010 for USD 650 (officina letter illegible); weight 2.63 g; diameter 18 mm; rev. legend break I-N [click for picture];
- sold on eBay in December 2010 for EUR 52.99 (officina letter illegible); weight 2.8 g; diameter 18-19 mm; rev. legend breaks T-I-N [click for picture].
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