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RIC VII, ROME [before 408], URBS ROMA, UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND

  

OBVERSE

VRBS-ROMA [VRBS ROMA]; bust l., helmet with plume (see CORRIGENDA, VOL. VII, p. 88), wearing imperial cloak.

REVERSE

She-wolf stg. l., suckling twins; two stars and wreath above. R "leaf" Q in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND. RIC lists this issue only with longer obv. legend: VRBS ROMA BEATA (cf. ROME 408 = RIC VIII 17). Footnote on p. 345 to ROME 408 reads as follows: "Dated in LRBC [Late Roman Bronze Coinage] (no. 593) to the time after the death of Constantine I: this is quite possible". It suggests that issue with short obv. legend VRBS ROMA could be an earlier variation. Coin should be listed before ROME 408.

NOTES

Weight 2.41 g. From NVMMVS BIBLE II (NBD no. 30119).

Other specimens:

- from eBay, November 2022; weight 1.81 g; diameter 16 mm [click for picture];

- from NVMMVS BIBLE II (NBD no. 52880); weight 1.19 g; diameter 14.5 mm [click for picture];

- from a private collection; weight 1.80 g; diameter 18 mm [click for picture];

- from a private collection; weight 1.03 g; diameter 13.5-17 mm [click for picture];

- from a private collection; weight 1.03 g [click for picture];

- from NVMMVS BIBLE II (NBD no. 58668); weight 1.16 g [click for picture];

- sold on eBay in August 2018 for EUR 2.72 (officina letter illegible); weight 1.67 g; diameter 15 mm [click for picture];

- from author's collection; diameter 14-15 mm [click for picture];

- from Daniel's collection; weight 1.90 g; diameter 16 mm [click for picture];

- from eBay, August 2019; weight 1.58 g; diameter 16 mm [click for picture];


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski