RIC VII, HERACLEA 157, CONSTANTINOPOLI, BUST TYPE VARIETY, OFFICINA Δ

OBVERSE	CONSTAN-TINOPOLI [CONSTANTINOPOLI]; bust l., laur. helmet with plume, wearing imperial cloak, reversed spear.
REVERSE	GLOR-IAEXERC-ITVS [GLORIA EXERCITVS]; two soldiers, helmeted, stg. looking at one another, holding spear and resting hand on shield set on ground; between them, one standard. SMHΔ in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	BUST TYPE VARIETY. Specimen similar to HERACLEA 157 except for laur. helmet with plume, like on Urbs Roma coins. 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 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 Δ 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

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Coin sold on eBay in March 2015 for GBP 26. Other specimens: - from Artemide Kunstauktionen e-Live auction 35 (lot 669), November-December 2024; weight 1.56 g; diameter 17 mm [click for picture]. - from eBay, September 2014 [click for picture].