
RIC VII, CONSTANTINOPLE [before 131B], CONSTANTINE II, UNLISTED FOR RULER [...CAES]
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-TINVSCAES [CONSTANTINVS CAES]; Victory advancing l., holding wreath, palm branch. M in left field. CONSZ in exergue.
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NOT IN RIC
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UNLISTED FOR RULER. RIC lists this issue only for Constantine I and Constantius II (CONSTANTINOPLE 131A and CONSTANTINOPLE 131B in "Addenda and Corrigenda", p. 719). See also note in "Addenda and Corrigenda" to p. 584, no. 99A on p. 719. For detailed discussion see: 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 131B.
See also:
CONSTANTINOPLE [before 131B], CONSTANTINE II, UNLISTED FOR RULER [...CAESAR]
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NOTES
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Siliqua. Weight 3.07 g. From Ramskold's paper cited above, p. 152, fig. 2, G (Milan, ex Laffranchi coll. No. 12157).
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