RIC VII, CONSTANTINOPLE [before 29], CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED OBVERSE, OFFICINA B

OBVERSE	ANEPIGRAPHIC (no legend); head r. with rosette-diadem, looking upwards.
REVERSE	CONSTANTINI-ANADAFNE [CONSTANTINIANA DAFNE]; Victory std. l. on cippus, palm branch in each hand, looking r.; trophy in front, at the foot of which kneeling captive turning head, spurned by Victory. B in left field. CONS in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED OBVERSE - ANEPIGRAPHIC. Variety not attested in RIC. According to Victor Clark, this type was known to Voetter (cf. Otto Voetter, Constantinvs Junior. Insbesonders seine Münzen als Augustus und die gleichzeitigen Kupferprägungen in den römischen Münzstätten, Wien 1909, p. 9; example from officina B [click for picture] and Maurice (cf. Jules Maurice, Numismatique constantinienne, vol. II, Paris 1911, p. 514: "Une pièce du musée de Gothe présente une tête diadémée sans légende"), then forgotten and rediscovered circa 1989 (cf. R.S. Speck and Stephen M. Huston, Constantine's Dafne Coinage at Constantinople, San Francisco 1992; two coins from officina A and one from officina S). See also CORRIGENDA, VOL. VII, p. 574-575 and important comments on Dafne coinage in: 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. Coin should be listed before CONSTANTINOPLE 29. See also: CONSTANTINOPLE [before 29], CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED OBVERSE, OFFICINA A CONSTANTINOPLE [before 29], CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED OBVERSE, OFFICINA Γ CONSTANTINOPLE [before 29], CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED OBVERSE, OFFICINA Δ CONSTANTINOPLE [before 29], CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED OBVERSE, OFFICINA Є CONSTANTINOPLE [before 29], CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED OBVERSE, OFFICINA S CONSTANTINOPLE [before 29], CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED OBVERSE, OFFICINA Z

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Weight 3.17 g; diameter 20 mm. Ex Lars Ramskold. Sold on Leu Numismatik web auction 26 (lot 5412) in July 2023 for CHF 360. Other specimens: - sold on CNG auction 84 (lot 1515) in May 2010 for USD 1,700; weight 3.14 g; diameter 20 mm [click for picture]; - sold on Bucephalus Numismatic auction 6 (lot 547) in June 2022 for EUR 120; ex Lars Ramskold; sold on Leu Numismatik web auction 26 (lot 5408) in July 2023 for CHF 750; weight 3.08 g; diameter 19 mm [click for picture]; - sold on Numismatik Naumann auction 70 (lot 701) in October 2018 for EUR 240; weight 2.96 g; diameter 20 mm [click for picture]; - sold on Roma Numismatics eSale 80 (lot 1673) in February 2021 for GBP 600; weight 3.15 g; diameter 18 mm [click for picture]; - sold on Roma Numismatics E-LIVE Auction 1 (lot 839) in July 2018 for GBP 360 (described as "smoothed"); ex Lars Ramskold; sold on Leu Numismatik web auction 26 (lot 5411) in July 2023 for CHF 120; weight 3.00 g; diameter 20 mm [click for picture]; - sold on eBay in September 2018 for USD 239.99 (note that this coin is heavily tooled and could be a modern forgery made from genuine ancient coin) [click for picture].