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RIC VI, ROMA 356, CONSTANTINE, REVERSE VARIETY

  

OBVERSE

FLVALCONSTANTINVSAVG [FL VAL CONSTANTINVS AVG]; bust r., laur., cuir.

REVERSE

PACIP-E-RPET [PACI PERPET]; Pax stg. facing, head l., r. holding branch, l. long transverse sceptre; in field to l. XII. RP in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

REVERSE VARIETY. Specimen similar to ROMA 356 (Leu web auction 26, lot 5248, 2.58 g, 17 mm) except for Pax holding long sceptre instead of standard. It could be an engraver's invention due to bad arrangement of reverse.

NOTES

Half-follis. Weight 2.35 g; diameter 16 mm. From Beast Coins.

Other specimens:

- ex Lars Ramskold; sold on Leu Numismatik web auction 26 (lot 5245) in July 2023 for CHF 75; weight 1.74 g; diameter 18 mm [click for picture];

- from Numismatik Naumann auction 133 (lot 664), October 2023; weight 1.41 g; diameter 16 mm; officina letter not quite certain, given after seller [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski