6-875

RIC VI, AQUILEIA 117, CONSTANTINE, REVERSE VARIETY

  

OBVERSE

CONSTANTINVSNOBCAES [CONSTANTINVS NOB CAES]; head r., laur.

REVERSE

CONSERV-VRBSVAE [CONSERV VRB SVAE]; Roma seated facing, head l. in hexastyle temple, r. holding Victory on globe, l. sceptre; shield by side; knobs as acroteria; wreath in pediment. AQΓ in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

REVERSE VARIETY. Specimen similar to AQUILEIA 117 except for Victory on globe instead of globe. Listed in Paolucci & Zub (no. 231) as a separate type. Listed in Drost (p. 287, no. 18) as a minor variety together with AQUILEIA 117.

NOTES

Weight 6.5 g; diameter 26 mm. From the Robert Bernobich Collection.

Other specimens:

- from Drost (plate 6, no. 18b/1); weight 7.12 g; shown in Paolucci & Zub (p. 77, no. 231) [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski