RIC VII, CYZICUS 56, CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED OFFICINA Є

OBVERSE	CONSTAN-TINVSAVG [CONSTANTINVS AVG]; head r. with rosette-diadem.
REVERSE	PROVIDEN-TIAEAVGG [PROVIDENTIAE AVGG]; camp gate, two turrets, no doors, star above, varying number of stone layers. SMKЄ• in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED OFFICINA - Є. RIC lists for this type only officina Γ (p. 652). Description of diadem could be disputable. The main part looks like a plain ladder-shaped diadem type (i) sub-type (b), but there is also a large end-rosette which is characteristic for rosette-diadem type (iii) (see p. 660). However, this coin still could be regarded as CYZICUS 55. See CORRIGENDA, VOL. VII, p. 652. See also examples of CYZICUS 55, OFFICINA A [diadem (i) (b)], CYZICUS 55, OFFICINA A [diadem (ii) (b)], CYZICUS 55, OFFICINA B [diadem (i) (c)], CYZICUS 55, OFFICINA Γ [diadem (ii) (b)], CYZICUS 55, OFFICINA Δ [ANS 1944.100.8951; diadem (i) (c)], CYZICUS 55, OFFICINA Є [diadem (ii) (b)] and CYZICUS 55, OFFICINA S [diadem (ii) (b)]. See also: CYZICUS 56, CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED OFFICINA A CYZICUS 56, CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED OFFICINA Δ

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Weight 3.11 g; diameter 18.5 mm. From CGB E-shop, sold for EUR 30. Other specimens: - sold on eBay in September 2013 for EUR 15; 2.99 g; diameter 18 mm [click for picture]; - from CGB E-shop (brm_122189), sold for EUR 15; 2.73 g; diameter 19.5 mm [click for picture].