RIC VII, ROME 332, CONSTANTINOPOLIS, MINTMARK VARIETY

OBVERSE	CONSTANTI-NOPOLIS [CONSTANTINOPOLIS]; bust l., laur. helmet, wearing imperial cloak, reversed spear.
REVERSE	Victory stg. l. on prow, holding spear and shield. RFV in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	MINTMARK VARIETY. Specimen similar to ROME 332 except for RFV in exergue instead of RFЄ. Vincent Drost comments this variety as follows: "A 5th offcina was opened in Rome in 330. It is usually indicated with the Greek letter Є. Here, the use of the Latin numeral V suggests initial uncertainty on how to signify the new offcina (Vincent Drost, "The Seaton Down hoard (UK, Devon): c. 22,900 Constantinian nummi", XV International Numismatic Congress Taormina 2015. Proceedings, ed. Maria Caccamo Caltabiano, Roma - Messina 2017, p. 740, n. 15). Note that this initial uncertainty is probably also responsible for two other varieties with dots (listed in RIC) which appeared exclusively in this issue: ROME 333 (eBay 2013, 2.53 g, 18 mm) and ROME 334 (Gormy & Mosch 259, lot 3961; 2.56 g). See also: ROME 332, CONSTANTINOPOLIS, UNLISTED OFFICINA Q

NOTES

From Drost's paper cited above, p. 740, fig. 10.