7-1865

RIC VII, ROME [before 388], CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED FOR RULER

  

OBVERSE

CONSTANTI-NVSMAXAVG [CONSTANTINVS MAX AVG]; bust r., rosette-diadem, dr., cuir.

REVERSE

GLOR-IAEXERC-[ITVS] [GLORIA EXERCITVS]; two soldiers stg. facing one another, reversed spear in outer hand, inner hand on shield set on ground; between them one standard. R wreath P between branches in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED FOR RULER. RIC lists this issue only for Constantine II, Constans and Urbs Roma [all very rare - R5] (p. 344). Coin should be listed before ROME 388.

NOTES

Weight 1.72 g; diameter 16 mm. Coin sold on eBay in May 2015 for USD 0.99.

Other specimens:

- from NVMMVS BIBLE II (NBD no. 102060); weight 1.65 g [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski