RIC VII, TRIER 543, CONSTANTINOPOLIS, MINTMARK AND OBVERSE LEGEND VARIETY [IRREGULAR COIN]

OBVERSE	CONSTAN-TINOPOL [CONSTANTINOPOL (sic!)]; bust l., laur. helmet, wearing imperial cloak, reversed spear.
REVERSE	Victory stg. l. on prow, holding spear and shield. Star in left field. TR•P in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	MINTMARK AND OBVERSE LEGEND VARIETY. Specimen similar to TRIER 543 except for star in l. field (cf. ARLES 352 and two issues from Trier: TRIER 554 with wreath in l. field and TRIER 563 with branch in l. field). Note also CONSTANTINOPOL instead of CONSTANTINOPOLIS in obv. legend. Apparently an ancient imitation. See also: TRIER 543, CONSTANTINOPOLIS, MINTMARK AND BUST TYPE VARIETY [IRREGULAR COIN]

NOTES

Weight 1.75 g; diameter 17 mm. Coin sold on Leu Numismatik web auction 12 (lot 1391) in May 2020 for CHF 55.