7-2715

RIC VII, CONSTANTINOPLE 136, CONSTANS, UNLISTED OFFICINA I

  

OBVERSE

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

REVERSE

CONSTANS-NOBCAESAR [CONSTANS NOB CAESAR]; Victory advancing l., holding wreath, palm branch. C•I in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED OFFICINA - I. RIC lists only officinae Δ and IA (p. 588). Note, however, that officina Δ on the specimen cited in RIC (BM 1939,0318.4, 3.396 g) may be in fact I. See also: 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, pp. 145-198.

NOTES

Siliqua. Weight 2.92 g. Coin sold on Vilmar Collectibles - La Gallerie Numismatique auction IX + X (lot 20598) in January 2007 for USD 500.


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski