7-3896

RIC VII, CYZICUS 101, CONSTANTIUS II, BUST TYPE VARIETY

  

OBVERSE

FLIVLCONSTANTIVSNOBC [FL IVL CONSTANTIVS NOB C]; bust r., pearl-diadem with end-rosette, dr., cuir.

REVERSE

GLOR-IAEXERC-ITVS [GLORIA EXERCITVS]; two soldiers stg.; between them, two standards. •SMKA in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

BUST TYPE VARIETY. Specimen similar to CYZICUS 101 except for pearl diadem with end-rosette. Bruun in many footnotes regards these diadems as wreaths resembling pearl diadem. But laurel wreath with end-rosette is rather impossible. See also CORRIGENDA, VOL. VII, p. 656-657.

NOTES

Weight 2.26 g; diameter 18 mm. Sold on eBay in November 2015 for EUR 4.50.


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski