7-3520

RIC VII, NICOMEDIA 128, CONSTANTIUS II, MINTMARK VARIETY

  

OBVERSE

FLIVLCONSTANTIVSNOBC [FL IVL CONSTANTIVS NOB C]; bust l., laur., dr., cuir.

REVERSE

PROVIDEN-TIAECAES• [PROVIDENTIAE CAES•]; camp gate, two turrets, no doors, star above, varying number of stone layers. Dot ib doorway. MNS in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

MINTMARK VARIETY. Specimen similar to NICOMEDIA 128 except for dot in doorway. Apparently not a centering dot; rather similar to dot in doorway which is treated in RIC as a part of m.m. for issue ANTIOCH 71-74 (cf. ANTIOCH 74).

NOTES

Weight 2.75 g; diameter 19 mm. Coin sold on eBay in 2013 for GBP 13; picture from the Late Roman Bronze Coin Forum; posted by Victor.

Other specimens:

- from eBay; note also steps in doorway [click for picture];

- sold on eBay in April 2016 for GBP 4.2 [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski