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Constantine I, RIC VI, Antiochia 84
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Constantine I, the Great, AD 307-337
AE 3, 2.6g, 19mm
Antiochia, 9th officina, ADS 329-330
obv. CONSTANT - INVS MAX AVG
Bust, draped and cuirassed, rosetten-diademed, r.
rev. PROVIDEN - TIAE AVGG
Camp-gate with ten layers of bricks, no door, two towers; star above
in l. and r. field Delta - Epsilon
in ex. SMANT
ref. RIC VI, Antiochia 84
R5!, about VF, sandpatina
After attribution I found that this type was regarded by RIC as R5! Delta+Epsilon in the field means 9. The usual Greek letter for 9, Theta, was taboo because it was the 1st letter of thanatos = death.
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