7-1344

RIC VII, THESSALONICA [after 154], CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND, OFFICINA Є

  

OBVERSE

CONSTANTI-NVSMAXAVG [CONSTANTINVS MAX AVG]; bust r., rosette-diadem, dr., cuir.

REVERSE

PROVIDEN-TIAEAVGG [PROVIDENTIAE AVGG]; camp gate, two turrets, no doors, star above; varying number of stone layers. Dot in right field. SMTSЄ in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND. RIC lists for this issue only short obv. legend: CONSTANTINVS AVG (p. 518). However, Bruun mentions in footnote 154 on p. 518 that: "NaH [Nagytétény Hoard] records a CONSTANTINVS MAX AVG (E8), m.m. SMTSA: if correctly given this coin points to the transition from the |A/SMTSA mark [misprint in RIC, should be |A/SMTS] of Providentiae to the SMTSA mark of Gloria exercitus". Coin should be listed after THESSALONICA 154.

See also:
THESSALONICA [after 154], CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND, OFFICINA Γ

NOTES

Weight 2.49 g; diameter 19-20 mm. Coin sold on eBay in October 2012 for USD 11.27.


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski