RIC VII, CONSTANTINOPLE [before 136], CONSTANTINE II, UNLISTED ISSUE, OFFICINA I

OBVERSE	ANEPIGRAPHIC (no legend); head r. with plain diadem, looking upwards.
REVERSE	CONSTANTINVSCAESAR [CONSTANTINVS CAESAR]; four standards. C•I in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED ISSUE. RIC does not list this reverse type with m.m. pattern C•A (p. 588). 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 before CONSTANTINOPLE 136. See also: CONSTANTINOPLE [before 136], CONSTANTINE II, UNLISTED ISSUE, OFFICINA Є CONSTANTINOPLE [before 136], CONSTANTINE II, UNLISTED ISSUE, OFFICINA Z

NOTES

Miliarense. Weight 3.95 g; diameter 24 mm. Coin sold on CNG Triton X (lot 790) in January 2007 for USD 1,900; sold on CNG auction 105 (lot 972) in May 2017 for USD 1,900. Other specimens: - sold on Numismatica Ars Classica auction 46 (lot 716) in April 2008 for CHF 2,750; weight 4.33 g [click for picture]; - sold on Artemide auction XXVII (lot 271) in December 2009 for EUR 1,300; weight 4.14 g [click for picture]; - sold on Rauch auction in March 2010 for EUR 1,050; weight 4.14 g [click for picture].