7-3883

RIC VII, CONSTANTINOPLE [before 137], URBS ROMA, UNLISTED ISSUE [She-wolf and twins]

  

OBVERSE

VRBS-ROMA [VRBS ROMA]; bust l., helmet with plume (see CORRIGENDA, VOL. VII, p. 88), wearing imperial cloak.

REVERSE

She-wolf stg. l., suckling twins; two stars above. CONS in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED ISSUE. Not attested in RIC. Minted probably c. 333-337 together with a series of gold medallions of 1½ solidi struck for Constantine I and his sons. Not listed in Gnecchi II. Should be listed in RIC before CONSTANTINOPLE 137.

NOTES

Æ medallion. Weight 6.47 g. Sold on Dorotheum May 2024 coin auction (lot 26) for EUR 4,000.


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski