RIC VII, NICOMEDIA [after 116], CONSTANTIUS II, UNLISTED ISSUE, BUST TYPE B4

OBVERSE	CONSTANTIVSNOBCAES [CONSTANTIVS NOB CAES]; bust r., laur., dr., cuir.
REVERSE	PRINCIPI•IVVENTVTIS [PRINCIPI • IVVENTVTIS]; Prince in military dress, stg. r., cloak displayed, holding transverse spear in r. hand and globe in l. No m.m.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED ISSUE. Similar to NICOMEDIA 114-116. Attribution uncertain. Listed in Depeyrot (p. 74, no. 20/3; Ticinum). But note that the corresponding issue, i.e. TICINUM 111-113, dated in RIC to 320-321, is dated in Depeyrot to 326. Coin should be listed in RIC after NICOMEDIA 116. See also: NICOMEDIA [after 116], CONSTANTIUS II, UNLISTED ISSUE, BUST TYPE E7 l. NICOMEDIA [after 116], CRISPUS, UNLISTED ISSUE [D N CRISPUS NOB CAESAR] NICOMEDIA [after 116], CRISPUS, UNLISTED ISSUE [CRISPUS NOB CAES]

NOTES

Semissis. Weight 2.20 g; diameter 16.5 mm. Ex Leu Numismatik auction 87 (lot 122), May 2003 (attributed to Ticinum); sold on Gadoury Monaco 2022 (lot 101) in October 2022 for EUR 5,500 (attributed to Ticinum); sold on MDC auction 13 (lot 1138) in October 2023 for EUR 7,500. Picture from Numismatische Bilddatenbank Eichstätt.