RIC VII, NICOMEDIA 196, CONSTANTINOPOLIS, BUST TYPE VARIETY, OFFICINA Є

OBVERSE	CONSTAN-TINOPOLI [CONSTANTINOPOLI]; bust l., laur. helmet with plume, wearing imperial cloak, reversed spear.
REVERSE	Victory stg. l. on prow, holding spear and shield. SMNЄ in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	BUST TYPE VARIETY. Specimen similar to NICOMEDIA 196 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 HERACLEA 157, CONSTANTINOPOLI, BUST TYPE VARIETY, OFFICINA Δ CONSTANTINOPLE 63, CONSTANTINOPOLI, BUST TYPE VARIETY, OFFICINA Z CONSTANTINOPLE 63, CONSTANTINOPOLI, BUST TYPE VARIETY, OFFICINA IA CONSTANTINOPLE 79, CONSTANTINOPOLI, BUST TYPE VARIETY, OFFICINA IA 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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Weight 2.30 g; diameter 17 mm. Coin sold on Nummitra auction 25 (lot 20) in July 2024 for EUR 6. Other specimens: - sold on eBay in September 2024 for EUR 35.50; weight 2.27 g; diameter 18 mm [click for picture]; - from Rönesans auction 5 (lot 609), October 2023; weight 2.52 g; diameter 17.9 mm [click for picture]; - from the collection of Zenon M. [click for picture].