7-3898

RIC VII, CYZICUS 128, CONSTANTIUS II, BUST TYPE VARIETY

  

OBVERSE

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

REVERSE

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

NOT IN RIC

BUST TYPE VARIETY. Specimen similar to CYZICUS 128 except for pearl diadem with end-rosette (additional pearl). Bruun in many footnotes regards these diadems as wreaths resembling pearl diadem. But laurel wreath with end-rosette is rather impossible.

NOTES

Weight 1.72 g; diameter 16-17 mm. From the collection of David D.

Other specimens:

- from the Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf Collection (inventory no. roth13325); weight 1.69 g; diameter 16 mm [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski