RIC VII, TRIER [after 453], CONSTANTINE II, UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND AND MINTMARK VARIETY [IRREGULAR COIN]

OBVERSE	CONSTANTINVSIVNNC [CONSTANTINVS IVN N C]; bust r., laur., dr., cuir., seen from back.
REVERSE	PROVIDEN-TIAECAESS [PROVIDENTIAE CAESS]; camp gate with two turrets, no doors, star above. •STR• in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND AND MINTMARK VARIETY. Obv. legend not attested for this issue (p. 204). Note also mintmark variety with dots: •STR• instead of STR. Apparently an ancient imitation. General note from p. 160: "The only disturbing feature of the post-324 bronze coinages [from Trier] is the appearance of both regular and irregular-looking coins of the types VIRTVS AVGG or CAESS, some of them with the Providentiae reverse, others of the type with four turrets familiar from the coinage of Arles. The specimens kmown to the present writer are very few and do not permit us to reconstruct the pattern of this coinage. The majority of these coins, recorded by Maurice, seem to have been part of the Cologne hoard and therefore regarded as valid currency. These irregular coins and their counterparts, struck at the same time by the mint of Arles, point to a major confusion in the financial administration in Gaul". Coin could be noted after TRIER 453.

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Weight 2.47 g; diameter 12 mm (sic!; probably slip). Ex Lars Ramskold. Sold on Leu Numismatik web auction 30 (lot 2923) in July 2024 for CHF 65.