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RIC VII, TRIER 305, CONSTANTINE I, REVERSE LEGEND VARIETY

  

OBVERSE

CONSTAN-TINVSAVG [CONSTANTINVS AVG]; bust r., laur., wearing trabea, eagle-tipped sceptre in r. hand.

REVERSE

BEATA•TRAN-QVILLITAS [BEATA • TRANQVILLITAS]; globe set on altar inscribed VOT/IS/XX; above, three stars. PTR in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

REVERSE LEGEND VARIETY. Specimen similar to TRIER 305 except for dot in rev. legend. Variety not mentioned either in RMBT or in RIC but pictured in RIC on plate 4 (no. 305) and in RMBT on plate I (p. 31, no. 5).

NOTES

Weight 2.7 g; diameter 19 mm. From Via-Agrippa.

Other specimens:

- from eBay; weight 2.65 g; diameter 20 mm [click for picture];

- sold on eBay in February 2018 for GBP 11.51 [click for picture];

- from the collection of Crispus [click for picture];

- from RIC (Plate 4, no. 305); different dies; obv. legend break A-N [click for picture];

- sold on CNG site for USD 75; now in Brent Upchurch's collection; weight 3.21 g; diameter 19 mm [click for picture];

- from RMBT (plate I, no. 5) [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski