7-4034

RIC VII, SISCIA [after 188], CONSTANTINE II, UNLISTED ISSUE [FEL TEMP REPARATIO] (Emperor on galley) [FORGERY]

  

OBVERSE

CONSTANTINVSIVNNOBC [CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C]; bust r., laur., cuir.

REVERSE

FELTEMP-REPARATIO [FEL TEMP REPARATIO]; Emperor in military dress stg. l. on galley, holding phoenix on globe and standard with Chi-Rho on the banner; in the stern sits Victory, steering the ship. ASIS in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED ISSUE. Formally this coin is unlisted in RIC VII but in fact it is a modern forgery: obverse of Constantine II as Caesar with reverse which was introduced in Siscia in year 348.

See also:
SISCIA [after 188], CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED ISSUE (Emperor on galley) [FEL TEMP REPARATIO] [FORGERY] (the same rev. die)
SISCIA [after 188] CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED ISSUE [FEL TEMP REPARATIO] (helmeted soldier) [FORGERY]
SISCIA [after 188] CONSTANTINE II, UNLISTED ISSUE [FEL TEMP REPARATIO] (helmeted soldier) [FORGERY]

NOTES

From Numismatikforum; posted by Amentia.


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