RIC VII, ROME 164, CONSTANTINE II, REVERSE VARIETY, OFFICINA T

OBVERSE	CONSTANTINVSIVNNOBC [CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C]; bust l., laur., dr., Victory on globe in r. hand, mappa in l. hand.
REVERSE	SAECVLIF-ELICITAS [SAECVLI FELICITAS]; wreath with AVG on cippus, decorated with garland. P in left field, R in right field. RT in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	REVERSE VARIETY, OFFICINA T. Coin similar to ROME 164 (Nomos Obolos webauction 20, lot 1267, 2.87 g, 20 mm) except for wreath on cippus instead of shield (p. 315). See also footnote to ROME 158 on p. 315: "Two rev. varieties: (a) not shield but wreath on cippus, streaming wreath ties, garland on face of altar, and (b) cippus on square base, face decorated but no garland, shield on cippus". For varieties of bust types I1 and I2 see CORRIGENDA, VOL. VII, p. 89-90. See also: ROME 164, CONSTANTINE II, REVERSE VARIETY, UNLISTED OFFICINA Q

NOTES

Weight 2.95 g; diameter 21 mm. Ex Lars Ramskold. Sold on Leu Numismatik web auction 25 (lot 3031) in March 2023 for CHF 1,111. Other specimens: - sold on eBay in November 2024 for EUR 82.77; ex Lars Ramskold; weight 2.74 g; diameter 20 mm [click for picture]; - sold on CNG eAuction 313 (lot 333) in October 2013 for USD 65; weight 2.05 g; diameter 17 mm [click for picture]; - sold on Savoca Numismatik 9th blue auction (lot 1895) in August 2018 for EUR 340 (ancient imitation?, tooling?); weight 2.80 g; diameter 18 mm [click for picture].