7-3899

RIC VII, CYZICUS 143, CONSTANS, BUST TYPE VARIETY

  

OBVERSE

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

REVERSE

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

NOT IN RIC

BUST TYPE VARIETY. Specimen similar to CYZICUS 143 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. 659-660.

NOTES

Weight 2 g; diameter 15-16 mm. Sold on eBay in January 2016 for EUR 10.59.


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski