RIC VII, ROME 372, CONSTANTINE I, [CONFIRMATION]

OBVERSE	CONSTANTI-NVSMAXAVG [CONSTANTINVS MAX AVG]; bust r., rosette-diadem., dr., cuir.
REVERSE	GLOR-IAEXERC-ITVS [GLORIA EXERCITVS]; two soldiers, helmeted, stg. front, looking at each other; each holding spear and rests hand on shield; between them two standards. R branch P in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	[CONFIRMATION]. RIC lists unique specimen from Vienna with footnote: "The date of this exceptional m.m. (if genuine) is very difficult to establish." According to Vincent Drost, "Seaton Down hoard provides two additional specimens bearing the mint-mark R(branch)P and confrms the existence of such an issue" (see: 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. 13). See also: ROME [after 372], CONSTANTINE II, UNLISTED FOR RULER ROME [after 372], CONSTANTIUS II, UNLISTED FOR RULER ROME [after 372], URBS ROMA, UNLISTED FOR TYPE ROME [after 372], CONSTANTINOPOLIS, UNLISTED FOR TYPE

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Weight 2.47 g; diameter 17 mm. Coin sold on eBay in March 2013 for GBP 27.66. Other specimens: - from Nicola Tammaro's collection; weight 2.36 g; diameter 18 mm [click for picture]; - from Drost's paper, p. 739, fig. 8 [click for picture].