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RIC VII, CYZICUS 128, CONSTANTIUS II, UNLISTED OFFICINA Δ AND BUST TYPE VARIETY

  

OBVERSE

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

REVERSE

GLOR-IAEXERC-ITVS [GLORIA EXERCITVS]; two soldiers stg.; between them, one standard. SMKΔ in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED OFFICINA - Δ AND BUST TYPE VARIETY. RIC lists only officinae A, B and Γ (p. 659). Note also pearl diadem with end-rosette (additional pearl). Bruun in footnote 128 on p. 659 describes diadem as "wreath resembling pearl diadem". But laurel wreath with small end-rosette is quite impossible.

NOTES

Weight 1.72 g; diameter 16 mm. From Savoca Numismatik auction 125 (lot 1416), January 2022.


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski