7-2130

RIC VII, TICINUM -/198, CONSTANTINE II, UNLISTED BUST TYPE AND REVERSE LEGEND, MINTMARK VARIETY, HYBRID [IRREGULAR COIN]

  

OBVERSE

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

REVERSE

PROVDEN-TIAEAVG [PROVDENTIAE (sic!) AVG]; camp gate, two turrets, no doors, star above, varying number of stone layers. T dot in crescent T in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED BUST TYPE AND REVERSE LEGEND, MINTMARK VARIETY. Bust type not attested for Constantine II. Note also rev. legend PROVDENTIAE AVG, incorrect and appropriate for Augusti, amd m.m. variety (dot in crescent). Apparently an ancient imitation.

NOTES

Weight 2.75 g; diameter 18 mm. Coin sold on eBay in December 2016 for GBP 80.


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski