7-1975

RIC VII, NICOMEDIA 153, CONSTANTINE I, MINTMARK VARIETY OR DIE ERROR

  

OBVERSE

CONSTAN-TINVSAVG [CONSTANTINVS AVG]; head r. with threefold pearl diadem.

REVERSE

PROVIDEN-TIAEAVGG [PROVIDENTIAE AVGG]; camp gate, two turrets, no doors, star above, varying number of stone layers. SMNΓ in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

MINTMARK VARIETY OR DIE ERROR. Specimen similar to NICOMEDIA 153 except for dot in the arch. It could be a mark of sub-issue (cf. ROME 264-299) or die error. Further investigations needed.

NOTES

Weight 3.15 g; diameter 19 mm. Ex Paweł Kubiczek. Sold on Rzeszowski Dom Aukcyjny auction 11 (Lot 4126) in January 2023 for EUR 26.


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski