RIC VII, TRIER 447, CONSTANTINE II, [CORRECTION]

OBVERSE	FLCLCONSTAN-TINVSIVNNC [FL CL CONSTANTINVS IVN N C]; head r., laur.
REVERSE	PRINCIPIIV-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 447 is similar to earlier TRIER 188 (Münzhandlung Basel, 6, lot 2027, 3.79 g; cited in RIC) except only for absence of dot in rev. legend. TRIER 188 probably has 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. Note that there is another similar type with m.m. TR instead of PTR. Cf. TRIER 500 (Gorny & Mosch 302, lot 527 = NAC 49, lot 482, 4.43 g, 19 mm; in both cases attribyted as TRIER 447; note distincly larger portrait). Note also that so far three different rev. legend breaks are attested: V-V, I-V-V and V-V-E, which could make in RIC three separate entries (cf. RIC VII TRIER 18-21 or CONSTANTINOPLE 93-94). Listed in Depeyrot (p. 61, no. 31/1). See also: TRIER 188, CONSTANTINE II, [CORRECTION]

NOTES

Solidus. Weight 4.49 g; diameter 19 mm. From Ars Classica auction viii (plate 56, no. 1500), 1924. Cited in RIC. Other specimens: - from the American Numismatic Society Collection (reg. no. 1980.109.186); weight 4.428 g; diameter 19 mm; rev. legend breaks I-V-V; attributed as TREVERI 188 [click for picture]; - from the British Museum Collection (reg. no. R1874,0715.134); weight 4.51 g; rev. legend breaks V-V-E; attributed as TREVERI 188 [click for picture].