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RIC VII, CONSTANTINOPLE 126, CONSTANTINE I, [CORRECTION], OFFICINA Δ

  

OBVERSE

ANEPIGRAPHIC (no legend); head r. with rosette-diadem, looking upwards.

REVERSE

CONSTAN-TINVSAVG [CONSTANTINVS AVG]; Victory advancing l., holding wreath, palm branch. CONSΔ in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

[CORRECTION], OFFICINA Δ. Misprint in RIC. Bust type is marked E8 (bust with rosette-diadem, dr., cuir.) instead of E5 (head with rosette-diadem, looking upwards). RIC lists for CONSTANTINOPLE 126 officinae B and Δ (p. 587). Note that Bruun apparently mixes two separate emissions with m.m. CONSA. Emission 6 (335-336) in Ramskold - Constantinople silver.

See also:
CONSTANTINOPLE 126, CONSTANTINE I, [CORRECTION], UNLISTED OFFICINA A
CONSTANTINOPLE 126, CONSTANTINE I, [CORRECTION], OFFICINA B

NOTES

Siliqua. Weight 2.98 g. From Berk 189th Buy or Bid Sale (lot 287), March 2014.

Other specimens:

- from Gorny & Mosch auction 175 (lot 288), March 2009; weight 3.11 g [click for picture];

- ex Lars Ramskold; sold on Leu Numismatik web auction 25 (lot 2790) in March 2023 for CHF 1,600; weight 2.99 g; diameter 19 mm [click for picture];

- sold on Naville Numismatics auction 83 (lot 653) in July 2023 for GBP 460; weight 2.72 g; diameter 20 mm [click for picture];

- from Peus auction 392 (lot 4593), May 2007; weight 3.17 g [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski