RIC VII, CONSTANTINOPLE [before 135A], CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED FOR RULER, BUST TYPE E5, OFFICINA Δ

OBVERSE	ANEPIGRAPHIC (no legend); head r. with rosette-diadem, looking upwards.
REVERSE	CONSTAN-TINVSAVG [CONSTANTINVS AVG]; Victory advancing l., holding wreath, palm branch. C•Δ in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED FOR RULER, BUST TYPE E5. 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 on some coins of this type portrait may shown Constantine II. In that case it would be variant of RIC VIII CONSTANTINOPLE 15 or RIC VIII CONSTANTINOPLE 16, unlisted for short rev. legend. Emission 7 (336-337) in Ramskold - Constantinople silver. Coin should be listed in RIC before CONSTANTINOPLE 135A. See also: CONSTANTINOPLE [before 135A], CONSTANTINE I (?), UNLISTED FOR RULER, BUST TYPE E5, OFFICINA A

NOTES

Siliqua. Weight 3.01 g; diameter 20 mm. Coin sold on Numismatik Lanz auction 117 (lot 1262) in November 2003 for EUR 380. Other specimens: - sold on Leu Numismatik web auction 28 (lot 4844) in December 2023 for CHF 650; ex Lars Ramskold; weight 2.22 g; diameter 18 mm [click for picture].