RIC VII, CONSTANTINOPLE [after 135A], CONSTANTIUS II, UNLISTED FOR RULER, OFFICINA Γ

OBVERSE	ANEPIGRAPHIC (no legend); head r. with plain diadem, looking upwards.
REVERSE	CONSTANT-IVSCAESAR [CONSTANTIVS CAESAR]; Victory advancing l., holding wreath, palm branch. C•Γ in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED FOR RULER. RIC lists this issue only for Constantine II [CONSTANTINOPLE 135A, in "Addenda and Corrigenda" (p. 719)], Constans [CONSTANTINOPLE 136] and Dalmatius [CONSTANTINOPLE 136A, in "Addenda and Corrigenda" (p. 719)]. 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 after CONSTANTINOPLE 135A. See also: CONSTANTINOPLE [after 135A], CONSTANTIUS II, UNLISTED FOR RULER, OFFICINA S

NOTES

Siliqua. Weight 3.33 g. Coin sold on Rauch Mail Bid Sale 8 (lot 620) in October 2004 for EUR 160. Other specimens: - sold on eBay in December 2001 for USD 449; offered on Ancient Imports; weight 3.03 g; diameter 19.5 mm [click for picture].