7-2568

RIC VII, CONSTANTINOPLE [before 127], CONSTANTINE II, UNLISTED OBVERSE AND REVERSE LEGEND

  

OBVERSE

CONSTANTINVSIVNNOBC [CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C]; bust r., laur., cuir.

REVERSE

CONSTANTI-NVSCAESAR [CONSTANTINVS CAESAR]; Victory advancing l., holding wreath, palm branch. CONSI in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED OBVERSE AND REVERSE LEGEND. RIC lists this rev. type for Constatine II, but with different obverse (anepigraphic, bust E4) and shorter reverse legend CONSTANTINVS CAES (p. 587). See also: Lars Ramskold, "The silver emissions of Constantine I from Constantinopolis, and the celebration of the millennium of Byzantion in 333/334 CE", Jahrbuch für Numismatik und Geldgeschichte 2016, vol. 68, pp. 145-198. Coin should be listed before CONSTANTINOPLE 127.

NOTES

Siliqua. Weight 2.40 g. From CNG auction 53 (lot 1740), March 2000.


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski