7-3349

RIC VII, TRIER [after 523], CONSTANTINOPOLIS, UNLISTED BUST TYPE [N1], OFFICINA S [IRREGULAR COIN]

  

OBVERSE

CONSTAN-TINOPOLIS [CONSTANTINOPOLIS]; bust r., laur. helmet, wearing imperial cloak, reversed spear [N1].

REVERSE

Victory stg. l. on prow, holding spear and shield. TRS in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED BUST TYPE - N1. RIC lists only bust N1 turned l. (p. 214). Apparently an ancient imitation. See also CORRIGENDA, VOL. VII, p. 214. Could be noted after TRIER 523.

See also:
TRIER [after 523], CONSTANTINOPOLIS, UNLISTED BUST TYPE [N1], OFFICINA P [IRREGULAR COIN]

NOTES

Weight 0.94 g; diameter 15 mm. Coin sold on Roma Numismatics eSale 89 (lot 1411) in November 2021 for GBP 140. Now in Victor Clark's collection.


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski