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RIC VII, CONSTANTINOPLE [after 15], CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED ISSUE [SPQR OPTIMO PRINCIPI]

  

OBVERSE

CONSTANTI-NVSMAXAVG [CONSTANTINVS MAX AVG]; head r., rosette-diadem, drapery on l. arm.

REVERSE

SPQROPTIMOPRINCIPI [S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI]; Victory stg. l., r. holding wreath, l. palm. CONSA in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED ISSUE. Bust type and rev. not attested in RIC VII. One of the last coins with SPQR (Senatus PopulusQue Romanus - [In the name of] the Senate and the people of Rome). Should be listed probably after CONSTANTINOPLE 15.

See also:
CONSTANTINOPLE [after 15], CONSTANTIUS II, UNLISTED ISSUE [SPQR OPTIMO CAESARI]

NOTES

Weight 3.04 g; diameter 20 mm. Coin sold on Numismatik Naumann auction 49 (lot 726) in January 2017 for EUR 3,500.


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski