RIC VII, ARLES ?, CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED ISSUE

OBVERSE	CONSTAN-TINVSAVG [CONSTANTINVS AVG]; head r., laur.
REVERSE	PROVIDEN-TIAEAVGG [PROVIDENTIAE AVGG]; gateway with two turrets, star above, no doors, varying number of stone layers. ARLA in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED ISSUE. There is a small evidence of two unlisted issues of PROVIDENTAE and VIRTVS series minted in Arles. Both use Greek letters for marking the officinae [A-D]. The first has ARLA-D in m.m., and the second has additionally letters S|F in fields. However, place of these issues in official coinage still remains controversial. For Bruun opinion see footnote 312 from p. 268: "The author prefers to regard these mint-marks, or this way of marking the fourth officina, as a peculiar slip of some mint official and not as indicative of an issue marking the officinae with Greek letters". Issue could be placed between ARLES 301 and 317. See also ? ARLES CONSTANTINE II, UNLISTED ISSUE.

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From Beast's collection. For more details see BEAST COINS.