RIC VII, CONSTANTINOPLE 135A/-, CONSTANTINE II, HYBRID OR UNLISTED ISSUE

OBVERSE	ANEPIGRAPHIC (no legend); head r. with plain diadem, looking upwards.
REVERSE	CONSTAN-TINVSAVG [CONSTANTINVS AVG]; Victory advancing l., holding wreath, palm branch. C•H in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	HYBRID OR UNLISTED ISSUE. 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)]. Rev. legend CONSTANTINVS AVG suggests Constantine I but plain diadem on obv. is highly unexpected for him. Thus this coin may be a hybrid with obverse of Constantine II [CONSTANTINOPLE 135A] and reverse of unlisted Constantine I [before CONSTANTINOPLE 135A] or unlisted issue minted for Constantine II as Augustus immediately after the death of his father and using old dies.

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Siliqua. Weight 2.75 g; diameter 21 mm. Ex Lars Ramskold. Sold on Leu Numismatik web auction 25 (lot 2799) in March 2023 for CHF 750. Other specimens: - sold on Aurea Numismatika auction 29 (lot 2546) in December 2009 for CZK 15,000; offered on Art Coins Roma (Bertolami Fine Art) auction 12 (lot 958) in October 2014; weight 3.10 g; diameter 20 mm [click for picture].