7-3143

RIC VII, CONSTANTINOPLE [before 136], CONSTANTINE II, UNLISTED ISSUE, OFFICINA Є

  

OBVERSE

ANEPIGRAPHIC (no legend); head r. with plain diadem, looking upwards.

REVERSE

CONSTANTINVSCAESAR [CONSTANTINVS CAESAR]; four standards. C•Є in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED ISSUE. RIC does not list this reverse type with m.m. pattern C•A (p. 588). 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 136.

See also:
CONSTANTINOPLE [before 136], CONSTANTINE II, UNLISTED ISSUE, OFFICINA Z
CONSTANTINOPLE [before 136], CONSTANTINE II, UNLISTED ISSUE, OFFICINA I

NOTES

Miliarense. Weight 4.58 g. Coin offered on Gorny & Mosch auction 125 (lot 586) in October 2003; sold on Künker auction 341 (lot 6076) in October 2020 for EUR 5,500.


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski