7-4037

RIC VII, SISCIA [after 188], CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED ISSUE [FEL TEMP REPARATIO] (helmeted soldier) [FORGERY]

  

OBVERSE

IMPCONSTANTINVSPFAVG [IMP CONSTANTINVS P F AVG]; bust r., laur., cuir.

REVERSE

FELTE[M]P-REPARATIO [FEL TEMP REPARATIO]; Helmeted soldier to l. shield on l. arm, spearing falling horseman; shield on ground at right. Horseman wears pointed cap. BSIS in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED ISSUE. This coin seems to be unlisted in RIC VII but in fact it is a modern forgery: obverse of Constantine I with reverse which was introduced in Siscia in year 348, after Constantine's death.

See also:
SISCIA [after 188] CONSTANTINE II, UNLISTED ISSUE [FEL TEMP REPARATIO] (helmeted soldier) [FORGERY]
SISCIA [after 188], CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED ISSUE (Emperor on galley) [FEL TEMP REPARATIO] [FORGERY] (the same rev. die)
SISCIA [after 188], CONSTANTINE II, UNLISTED ISSUE [FEL TEMP REPARATIO] (Emperor on galley) [FORGERY] (the same rev. die)
HERACLEA [before 51], CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND AND BUST TYPE [B5] [FORGERY] (the same obv. die)

NOTES

From Numismatikforum; posted by Amentia.

Other specimens:

- from Numismatikforum; posted by Amentia; from the same dies [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski