RIC VII, TRIER 188, CONSTANTINE II, [CORRECTION]

OBVERSE	FLCLCONSTAN-TINVSIVNNC [FL CL CONSTANTINVS IVN N C]; head r., laur.
REVERSE	PRINCIPI•IV-VENTVTIS [PRINCIPI • IVVENTVTIS]; prince in military dress, stg. r., cloak spread, holding transverse spear in r. hand, globe in l. PTR in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	[CORRECTION]. According to RIC, TRIER 188 is similar to TRIER 447 (Ars Classica, viii, lot 1500, 4.40 g, 19 mm; cited in RIC) except only for dot in rev. legend. But there is probably another distinctive feature: smaller portrait. Bruun mentions it in footnote to Crispus' coin from the same issue, i.e. TRIER 186 (Hirsch, xii, lot 674; cited in RIC). Note, however, that quite often specimens without dot in rev. legend and with larger portraits are attributed as TRIER 188. Listed in Depeyrot (p. 59, no. 24/4) but relevant picture on plate 7 shows specimen from ANS collection which probably should be listed as TRIER 447 (see link below). See also: TRIER 447, CONSTANTINE II, [CORRECTION]

NOTES

Solidus. Weight 3.79 g. From Münzhandlung Basel auction 6 (plate 25, no. 2027), March 1936. Cited in RIC.