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RIC VII, TRIER [after 503], CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED ISSUE [VIRTVS EXERCITVS GALL]

  

OBVERSE

CONSTANTI-NVSPFAVG [CONSTANTINVS P F AVG]; head r., rosette-diadem.

REVERSE

VIRTVSEX-ERCITVSGALL [VIRTVS EXERCITVS GALL]; Mars nude, advancing r., chlamys flying, trophy across l. shoulder, holding transverse spear; captive std. on ground on either side. TR in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED ISSUE. RIC lists only similar earlier issue with PTR in exergue [TRIER 192-194] (p. 179) with the same obv. legend, but with bust type B1 (laur.). Diademed bust with fully developed rosette-diadem suggests considerably later date. Coin should be listed after TRIER 503.

NOTES

Solidus. Weight 4.39 g; diameter 20 mm. Sold on Roma Numismatics auction IX (lot 826) in March 2015 for GBP 23,000.


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski