RIC VII, THESSALONICA [after 152], CONSTANTIUS II, UNLISTED FOR RULER [FORGERY]

OBVERSE	ANEPIGRAPHIC (no legend); head r. with plain diadem, looking upwards.
REVERSE	CONSTAN-TIVSCAESAR [CONSTANTIVS CAESAR]; Victory advancing l., holding wreath, palm branch. SMTS in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED FOR RULER [FORGERY]. RIC lists this rev. type only for Constantine I (p. 518). Note, however, that this coin is a modern cast forgery. According to Lars Ramskold, the prototype for obverse was Cripus' solidus (NICOMEDIA 110) and for reverse Constantius' solidus (THESSALONICA 148; specimen from Sirmium hoard).

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Siliqua. Weight 3.13 g; diameter 18 mm. Coin sold on eBay in October 2021 for EUR 62.38.