RIC VII, CYZICUS 98, CONSTANTINE II, BUST TYPE VARIETY, OFFICINA B

OBVERSE	CONSTANTINVSIVNNOBC [CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C]; bust r., pearl-diadem with end-rosette, dr., cuir.
REVERSE	GLOR-IAEXERC-ITVS [GLORIA EXERCITVS]; two soldiers stg.; between them, two standards. •SMKB in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	BUST TYPE VARIETY. Specimen similar to CYZICUS 98 except for pearl diadem with end-rosette. Note that busts of CYZICUS 98 are described as follows: "The busts, of course, not diademed in the ordinary sense; the laurel wreath resembles a pearl diadem" (footnote 98 on p. 656). But laurel wreath with end-rosette is rather impossible. See also CORRIGENDA, VOL. VII, p. 656-657. See also: CYZICUS 98, CONSTANTINE II, BUST TYPE VARIETY, OFFICINA A CYZICUS 98, CONSTANTINE II, BUST TYPE VARIETY, OFFICINA Є

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Weight 2.67 g; diameter 17 mm. Sold on eBay in July 2016 for EUR 6.56. Other specimens: - from the American Numismatic Society Collection (reg. no. 1933.999.304); weight 2.43 g; 16.5 mm [click for picture].