7-3265

RIC VII, TRIER [before 505], CONSTANTINE II, UNLISTED BUST TYPE [B4], MINTMARK VARIETY [IRREGULAR COIN]

  

OBVERSE

CSTANTINVSIVNNOBC [CSTANTINVS (sic!) IVN NOB C]; bust r., laur., dr., cuir. [B4].

REVERSE

PROVIDEN-TAECAESS [PROVIDENTAE (sic!) CAESS]; camp gate, two turrets, no doors, star above, varying number of stone layers. STEE (sic!) in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED BUST TYPE - B4, MINTMARK VARIETY. Bust type not attested for obv. legend 7 (p. 212). Note also m.m. variety: STEE instead of STRE and errors in legends. Apparently an ancient imitation. Could be noted before TRIER 505.

See also:
TRIER 505, CONSTANTINE II, MINTMARK VARIETY (the same rev. die)

NOTES

Diameter 18 mm. From eBay, May 2021 [Thanks to the collaboration of Leszek Wąsik].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski