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RIC VII, CONSTANTINOPLE 6, CONSTANTINE I, [CORRECTION]

   

OBVERSE

CONSTANTINVS-MAXAVG [CONSTANTINVS MAX AVG]; bust l., rosette-diadem, dr., cuir., holding Victory on globe.

REVERSE

NOBBCAESS [NOBB CAESS]; busts of Crispus (or Constantius II) and Constantine II, laur., dr., cuir., facing one another, together holding Victory on globe. CONS in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

[CORRECTION]. RIC lists CONSTANTINOPLE 6 after Gnecchi I (p. 60, no. 2) as a silver piece ("argento basso", according to Gnecchci). Actually, this type is a bronze medallion.

NOTES

Æ medallion. Diameter 25 mm. Sold on Dmitry Markov auction 11 (lot 319) in September 2003 for USD 5,250.

Other specimens:

- from CNG Triton I (lot 1697), December 1997; weight 6.16 g; diameter 25 mm [click for picture];

- from Gnecchi I (plate 29, no. 10); weight 4.15 g; diameter 26 mm [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski