7-4038

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

  

OBVERSE

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

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 II as Caesar with reverse which was introduced in Siscia in year 348.

See also:
SISCIA [after 188] CONSTANTINE I, 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 reverse die)
THESSALONICA [after 35], CONSTANTINE II, UNLISTED BUST TYPE [B1], HYBRID [FORGERY] (the same obv. die)

NOTES

Weight 3.0 g; diameter 18 mm. Coin sold on Aphrodite Art Coins auction 25 (lot 561) in July 2024 for EUR 19.


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski