RIC VII, CYZICUS 92, CONSTANTINOPOLI, BUST TYPE VARIETY, OFFICINA Δ

OBVERSE	CONSTAN-TINOPOLI [CONSTANTINOPOLI]; bust l., laur. helmet with plume, wearing imperial cloak, reversed spear.
REVERSE	Victory stg. l. on prow, holding spear and shield. SMKΔ in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	BUST TYPE VARIETY. Specimen similar to CYZICUS 92 except for laur. helmet with plume, like on Urbs Roma coins. Listed in Collezione Sabetta (p. 228, no. 55). See also CORRIGENDA, VOL. VII, p. 90. See also: ROME 355, CONSTANTINOPOLIS, BUST TYPE VARIETY, OFFICINA Є THESSALONICA 188, CONSTANTINOPOLIS, BUST TYPE VARIETY, OFFICINA Є HERACLEA 157, CONSTANTINOPOLI, BUST TYPE VARIETY, OFFICINA Γ HERACLEA 157, CONSTANTINOPOLI, BUST TYPE VARIETY, OFFICINA Δ CONSTANTINOPLE 63, CONSTANTINOPOLI, BUST TYPE VARIETY, OFFICINA Z CONSTANTINOPLE 63, CONSTANTINOPOLI, BUST TYPE VARIETY, OFFICINA IA CONSTANTINOPLE 79, CONSTANTINOPOLI, BUST TYPE VARIETY, OFFICINA IA NICOMEDIA 196, CONSTANTINOPOLI, BUST TYPE VARIETY, OFFICINA Є CYZICUS 73, CONSTANTINOPOLI, BUST TYPE VARIETY, OFFICINA B CYZICUS 73, CONSTANTINOPOLI, BUST TYPE VARIETY, OFFICINA S CYZICUS 92, CONSTANTINOPOLI, BUST TYPE VARIETY, OFFICINA A CYZICUS 92, CONSTANTINOPOLI, BUST TYPE VARIETY, OFFICINA B CYZICUS 92, CONSTANTINOPOLI, BUST TYPE VARIETY, OFFICINA Є CYZICUS 92, CONSTANTINOPOLI, BUST TYPE VARIETY, OFFICINA S CYZICUS 93, CONSTANTINOPOLI, BUST TYPE VARIETY, OFFICINA A CYZICUS 107, CONSTANTINOPOLI, BUST TYPE VARIETY, OFFICINA Δ CYZICUS 107, CONSTANTINOPOLI, BUST TYPE VARIETY, OFFICINA Є CYZICUS 107, CONSTANTINOPOLI, BUST TYPE VARIETY, OFFICINA S

NOTES

Weight 2.51 g; diameter 18.5 mm. From CGB E-shop (brm_335907). Other specimens: - from Savoca Numismatik 12th blue auction, session II (lot 1940), November 2018; weight 2.50 g; diameter 17 mm [click for picture]; - from Collezione Sabetta (plate 61, no. 55); weight 2.66 g; diameter 18.2 mm [click for picture]; - sold on Savoca Numismatik 85th blue auction (lot 1964) in Septemnber 2020 for EUR 20; weight 2.46 g; diameter 18 mm [click for picture]; - from Scott Palsce's collection; weight 2.3 g; diameter 17-20 mm [click for picture]; - from Scott Palsce's collection (mintmark illegible but probably the same type) [click for picture]; - sold on eBay in August 2011 for USD 5.50; sold on eBay in September 2011 for USD 26; weight 1.7 g; diameter 18-20 mm [click for picture].