7-3294

RIC VII, TRIER [before 265], CONSTANTINE II, UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND [7b] [IRREGULAR COIN]

  

OBVERSE

CONSTANTINVSIVNNOBC [CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C] [7b]; bust l., laur., cuir., Victory on globe in r. hand, pugio in l. hand.

REVERSE

VIRTVS-EXERCIT [VIRTVS EXERCIT]; trophy with captive std. on ground on either side. STR in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND - 7b. Not attested for this rev. type (p. 187), but cf. TRIER 274. Probably an ancient imitation (at least the second specimen). Could be noted before TRIER 265.

NOTES

From the collection of Simo75.

Other specimens:

- from Wildwinds; weight 2.21 g; diameter 18 mm [click for picture] [Thanks to the collaboration of Dane Kurth];

- from the collection of LUPUS 49 [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski