7-2559

RIC VII, TRIER 289, CONSTANTINE II, UNLISTED OFFICINA P

  

OBVERSE

CONSTANTINVSIVNNOBC [CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C]; bust l., laur., cuir., Victory on globe in r. hand, eagle-headed parazonium or pugio in l. hand.

REVERSE

VIRTVS-EXERCIT [VIRTVS EXERCIT]; trophy with captive std. on ground on either side. T in left field, F in right field. •PTR in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED OFFICINA - P. RIC lists only officina S (p. 189). For varieties of bust types I1 and I2 see CORRIGENDA, VOL. VII, p. 89-90.

NOTES

Weight 3.00 g; diameter 19 mm. Ex Lars Ramskold. Sold on Leu Numismatik web auction 28 (lot 4503) in December 2023 for CHF 440.

Other specimens:

- sold on eBay in December 2017 for EUR 196; weight 3.34 g; diameter 19.5 mm [click for picture];

- from the American Numismatic Society Collection (reg. no. 1944.100.13194); note clumsy portrait, possibly an ancient imitation; weight 3.85 g; diameter 19 mm [click for picture];

- from the collection of PYL [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski