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

OBVERSE	ANEPIGRAPHIC (no legend); head r. with plain diadem, looking upwards.
REVERSE	CONSTAN-TIVSCAESAR [CONSTANTIVS CAESAR]; Victory advancing l., holding wreath, palm branch. C•S 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)]. Note that so far two different rev. legend breaks are attested: N-T and T-I, which could make in RIC two separate entries (cf. TRIER 18-21 or CONSTANTINOPLE 93-94). Emission 7 (336-337) in Ramskold - Constantinople silver. Coin should be listed in RIC after CONSTANTINOPLE 135A. See also: CONSTANTINOPLE [after 135A], CONSTANTIUS II, UNLISTED FOR RULER, OFFICINA Γ

NOTES

Siliqua. Weight 2.98 g; diameter 20 mm. Coin sold on Nomos Obolos webauction 6 (lot 943) in November 2016 for CHF 420. Other specimens: - sold on Nomos auction 16 (lot 224) in May 2018 for CHF 650; ex Lars Ramskold; sold on Leu Numismatik web auction 25 (lot 2798) in March 2023 for CHF 2,600; weight 2.83 g; diameter 19 mm; rev. legend break T-I [click for picture]. - from Gorny & Mosch auction 142 (lot 3002), October 2005; weight 2.93 g; rev. legend break T-I [click for picture].