7-2723

RIC VII, ROME 214, CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED OFFICINA T

  

OBVERSE

CONST-ANTINVSAVG [CONSTANTINVS AVG]; bust r., bowl-shaped helmet with long crest, cuir.

REVERSE

VOT/XV/FEL/XX in laurel wreath enclosing also mintmark - RT.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED OFFICINA - T. RIC lists for this type only officinae S and Q (p. 318). Note that bust on specimens listed below may be regarded as D2 (not attested in RIC for this type of rev.) if part of helmet would be identified as visor. For varieties of Constantine's helmets from ROME 143-193 emission see CORRIGENDA, VOL. VII, p. 348.

NOTES

Weight 3.50 g; diameter 18 mm. Coin sold on Savoca Numismatik 116th blue auction (lot 1211) in October 2021 for EUR 320.

Other specimens:

- from the American Numismatic Society Collection (reg. no. 1944.100.7177); weight 3.71 g; diameter 19 mm [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski