RIC VII, CONSTANTINOPLE [before 127], CONSTANTINE II, UNLISTED OBVERSE AND REVERSE LEGEND
OBVERSE
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CONSTANTINVSIVNNOBC [CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C]; bust r., laur., cuir.
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REVERSE
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CONSTANTI-NVSCAESAR [CONSTANTINVS CAESAR]; Victory advancing l., holding wreath, palm branch. CONSI in exergue.
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NOT IN RIC
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UNLISTED OBVERSE AND REVERSE LEGEND. RIC lists this rev. type for Constatine II, but with different obverse (anepigraphic, bust E4) and shorter reverse legend CONSTANTINVS CAES (p. 587). See also: Lars Ramskold, "The silver emissions of Constantine I from Constantinopolis, and the celebration of the millennium of Byzantion in 333/334 CE", Jahrbuch für Numismatik und Geldgeschichte 2016, vol. 68, pp. 145-198. Coin should be listed before CONSTANTINOPLE 127.
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NOTES
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Siliqua. Weight 2.40 g. From CNG auction 53 (lot 1740), March 2000.
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