RIC VII, CONSTANTINOPLE 22/27, CONSTANTINE I, HYBRID, OVERSTRUCK

OBVERSE	CONSTANTI-[NVS MAX AVG] [CONSTANTI[NVS MAX AVG]]; head r. with rosette-diadem [CONSTANTINOPLE 22].
REVERSE	PROVIDEN-TIAECAESS [PROVIDENTIAE CAESS]; camp gate, two turrets, no doors, star above, varying number of stone layers. Γ in left field. CONS in exergue [CONSTANTINOPLE 27].
NOT IN RIC	HYBRID, OVERSTRUCK. Obverse CONSTANTINOPLE 22 (or 23, 25-26) with reverse CONSTANTINOPLE 27. Note, however, that this coin was overstruck on coin from one of Licinius' emissions with rev legend IOVI CONSERVATORI (ERVAT visible on obv.) minted few years earlier in Heraclea (HERACLEA 51-55), Nicomedia (NICOMEDIA 43-50), Cyzicus (CYZICUS 14-19), Antioch (ANTIOCH 34-36) and Alexandria (ALEXANDRIA 27-33).

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Weight 2.96 g; diameter 20 mm. Coin sold on Naville Numismatics Live Auction 47 (lot 636) in March 2019 for GBP 380; sold on Gorny & Mosch Online Auction 3 (lot 591) in September 2026 for EUR 600.