7-3174

RIC VII, TRIER 523/518, CONSTANTINOPOLIS, HYBRID [IRREGULAR COIN]

  

OBVERSE

CONSTAN-TINOPOLS [CONSTANTINOPOLS (sic!)]; bust l., laur. helmet, wearing imperial cloak, reversed spear [TRIER 523].

REVERSE

SVTI-CREXEAI-ROLG [retrograde GLORIA EXERCITVS (sic!)]; two soldiers stg. facing one another, holding spear in outer hand, inner hand resting on shield set on ground; between them two standards. TRP in exergue [TRIER 518].

NOT IN RIC

HYBRID. Obverse TRIER 523 with reverse TRIER 518 [or 519-521]. But note error in obv. legend and retrograde rev. legend. See also CORRIGENDA, VOL. VII, p. 214. Apparently an ancient imitation.

NOTES

Weight 2.14 g; diameter 17 mm. From Nether Compton (Dorset) Hoard. Coin sold on CNG eAuction 480 (lot 709) in November 2020 for USD 225.


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski