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. 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 [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)

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