7-3004

RIC VII, TRIER 522, URBS ROMA, OBVERSE AND REVERSE VARIETY [IRREGULAR COIN]

  

OBVERSE

VRBS-ROMA [VRBS ROMA]; bust r., helmet with plume (see CORRIGENDA, VOL. VII, p. 88), wearing imperial cloak.

REVERSE

She-wolf stg. r., suckling twins; three stars above. TRP in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

OBVERSE AND REVERSE VARIETY. Specimen similar to TRIER 522 except for Roma and she-wolf turned right instead of left and three stars instead of two. Apparently an ancient imitation.

NOTES

Weight 2.04 g; diameter 17 mm. Coin sold on Roma Numismatics eSale 55 (lot 1123) in April 2019 for GBP 130.


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski