RIC VII, SISCIA 259/260, CONSTANTINE I, HYBRID [FORGERY]

OBVERSE	AVGVSTVS [AVGVSTVS]; head r., rosette-diadem [SISCIA 259].
REVERSE	XX in laurel wreath. SIS in exergue [SISCIA 260].
NOT IN RIC	HYBRID. Obverse SISCIA 259 (BM B.11465, 12.78 g; see also picture of the same specimen shown in Gnecchi I, plate 31, no, 8 and the second known specimen from Dumbarton Oaks, 13.17 g, 39 mm) with reverse SISCIA 260 (Trau Collection, lot 4336, 12.70 g). Not attested in RIC and in: Jean Lafaurie, "Une série de médaillons d'argent de Constantin I et Constantin II", Revue Numismatique 1966, vol. 5, no. 11, pp. 35-48. Apparently a modern forgery.

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AR medallion. Weight 13.40 g; diameter 36 mm. From Leu Numismatik auction 3 (lot 285; withdrawn), October 2018.