Constans- Victoriae Avg

Constans, 9 September 337 - 19 January 350 A.D.

Obverse:
Head right and pearl-diademed

D N CONSTANS P F AVG

D N: Dominus Noster, Our Lord, in the context of our lord and ruler of the Roman people.
CONSTANS: Constans
P F: Pius Felix
AVG: Augustus, emperor

Reverse:
Victoria AVG

Constans, 9 September 337 - 19 January 350 A.D.

Obverse:
Head right and pearl-diademed

D N CONSTANS P F AVG

D N: Dominus Noster, Our Lord, in the context of our lord and ruler of the Roman people.
CONSTANS: Constans
P F: Pius Felix
AVG: Augustus, emperor

Reverse:
Victoria AVG

Victoria: Victory
AVG: Augustus, emperor

Victory standig left, holding laurel wreath and branch.

Domination: Bronze, AE 4, size 14 mm,

Mint: It starts with SM, so Constantinopolis is doubtful. SMALA I think is too long for the space
Browsing through RIC VIII I found the following possibilities:
RIC VIII, Heraclea 43; ex. SMHA
RIC VIII, Constantinopolis 64; ex. CONSA
RIC VIII, Nicomedia 47; ex. SMNA
RIC VIII, Cyzicus 37; ex. SMKA
RIC VIII, Antiochia 66; ex. SMALA


Comments:

0. The Victory sticks out, and the lettering on the reverse is extremely odd.
1. The overall style seems (to me) a little off.
2. There seems to be a raised edge or lip.
3. While Victory is in high relief, the exergue line and most of the exergue are not there.
4. As Evan noted; the style of the legend.
5. Such a long neck this constans..

While any of these things by themselves probably wouldn’t raise any of my doubts, together they do. I could be totally off here but I just have a bad feeling about this one.