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RIC VII, CYZICUS 115, CONSTANS, BUST TYPE VARIETY

  

OBVERSE

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

REVERSE

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

NOT IN RIC

BUST TYPE VARIETY. Specimen similar to CYZICUS 115 except for pearl diadem with end-rosette. Note that busts of CYZICUS 115 are described as with "wreaths resembling pearl diadem" (footnote 115 on p. 658). But laurel wreath with end-rosette is rather impossible.

NOTES

From the collection of Zafeu.

Other specimens:

- from the collection of David D.; weight 2.01 g; diameter 16-17 mm [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski