RIC VII, HERACLEA [before 23], CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED FOR RULER

OBVERSE	IMPCONSTA-NTINVSAVG [IMP CONSTANTINVS AVG]; bust l., laur., dr., globe, sceptre in l. hand, mappa in r. hand.
REVERSE	PROVIDEN-TIAEAVGG [PROVIDENTIAE AVGG]; camp gate with three turrets, no doors; varying number of stone layers. •MHTB• in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED FOR RULER. RIC lists this m.m. only for Caesars: Crispus, Licinius II and Constantine II (p. 545). Note also Bruun's comment in Introduction to Heraclean coinage (p. 535): "The number of marks is high, but the varieties of the MHTA mark exclusively comprise scarce obverses of the Caesars. It is possible that Heraclea at that stage employed a series of double marks, but the scarcity of the material possibly does not give a true picture of the coinage, i.e. obverses of the Augusti could have been struck in all marks, though no coins have been preserved".

NOTES

Weight 3.05 g; diameter 18-19 mm. From the Late Roman Bronze Coin Forum; posted by six2ten. Other specimens: - from the Late Roman Bronze Coin Forum; posted by six2ten; weight 2.87 g; diameter 18-20 mm [click for picture].