7-3213

RIC VII, TRIER [before 586], CONSTANS, UNLISTED ISSUE

  

OBVERSE

FLIVLCONSTANSNOBCAES [FL IVL CONSTANS NOB CAES]; bust r., laur., dr., cuir., seen from back.

REVERSE

GLOR-IAEXERC-ITVS [GLORIA EXERCITVS]; two soldiers together holding one standard with drapery. [crescent]TRS in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED ISSUE. Mintmark not attested in RIC. Possibly from an unlisted issue, but may be regarded as an ancient imitation. Listed in: C. E. King, "The Woodeaton (Oxfordshire) Hoard and the Problem of Constantinian Imitations, A.D. 330-41", Numismatic Chronicle 1978, p. 52, no. 781 (regarded as official). Should be listed in RIC before TRIER 586.

See also:
TRIER [before 586], CONSTANTINE II, UNLISTED ISSUE, OFFICINA P
TRIER [before 586], CONSTANTINE II, UNLISTED ISSUE, OFFICINA S
TRIER [before 586], CONSTANTIUS II, UNLISTED ISSUE

NOTES

Weight 1.75 g; diameter 15 mm. From King's paper (plate 12, no. 781).


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski