7-1939

RIC VII, ROME [before 303], CONSTANTINOPOLIS, UNLISTED ISSUE [VICTORIA AVGG NN]

  

OBVERSE

CONSTANTI-NOPOLIS [CONSTANTINOPOLIS]; bust l., laur. helmet, wearing imperial cloak, reversed spear.

REVERSE

VICTOR-IA-A-VGGNN [VICTORIA AVGG NN]; Constantinopolis, turreted, std. l. on chair, branch in r. hand, cornucopiae on l. arm.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED ISSUE. Not attested in RIC. Listed in Gnecchi II, p. 137, no. 7. Should be listed before ROME 303.

NOTES

Weight 23.59 g; diameter 32.9 mm. Æ medallion. Ex Vico auction 143 (lot 738), November 2015 (rev. legend given in error as VICTORIA AVGVSTI); ex Vico auction 168 (lot 1154), March 2024 (repatinated [click for picture]).

Other specimens:

- sold on Grün auction 73 (lot 645) in November 2017 for EUR 460; weight 20.82 g; obv. legend break N-T [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski