7-3367

RIC VII, CONSTANTINOPLE 131B, CONSTANTIUS II, UNLISTED OFFICINA I

  

OBVERSE

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

REVERSE

CONSTAN-TIVSCAESAR [CONSTANTIVS CAESAR]; Victory advancing l., holding wreath, palm branch. M in left field. CONSI in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED OFFICINA - I. RIC lists only officina S (in "Addenda and Corrigenda", p. 719). Emission 5 (333-334) in Ramskold - Constantinople silver.

Note that so far two different rev. legend breaks are attested: N-T and N-T-I, which could make in RIC two separate entries (cf. TRIER 18-21 or CONSTANTINOPLE 93-94).

NOTES

Siliqua. Weight 3.07 g; diameter 19 mm. Ex Lars Ramskold. Sold on Leu Numismatik web auction 25 (lot 2782) in March 2023 for CHF 3,000.

Other specimens:

- from Paris BnF; photo by Lars Ramskold; weight 3.20 g; rev. legend breaks N-T-I [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski