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. Listed in Collezione Sabetta (p. 216, no. 19). Should be listed in RIC before ROME 408.

NOTES

Weight 2.41 g. From the collection of elagabale2000. Other specimens: - from eBay, November 2022; weight 1.81 g; diameter 16 mm [click for picture]; - from the collection of elagabale2000; weight 1.19 g; diameter 14.5 mm [click for picture]; - from the collection of Tarusate; weight 1.80 g; diameter 18 mm [click for picture]; - from the collection of Tarusate; weight 1.03 g; diameter 13.5-17 mm [click for picture]; - from the collection of Charley974; weight 1.03 g [click for picture]; - from Collezione Sabetta (plate 58, no. 19); weight 1.77 g; diameter 15.1 mm [click for picture]; - from the collection of Charley974 [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];