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RIC VII, ARLES 294, CONSTANTINE II, OBVERSE LEGEND VARIETY [IRREGULAR COIN]

  

OBVERSE

CONSTANTINVSIVNNBC [CONSTANTINVS IVN NB (sic!) C]; bust l., laur., dr., cuir.

REVERSE

VIRTVS-CAEGG [VIRTVS CAEGG (sic!)]; gateway with wide open doors with varying design, four turrets, varying number of stone layers, star above. TA[crescent]RL in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

, OBVERSE LEGEND VARIETY. Coin similar to ARLES 294 except for errors in legends: NB C instead of NOB C and CAEGG instead of CAESS. Also, crescent in m.m. was placed to high. Apparently an ancient imitation.

NOTES

Weight 2.45 g; diameter 19 mm. Sold on eBay in September 2016 for GBP 36. Ex Lars Ramskold. Sold on Leu Numismatik web auction 28 (lot 4557) in December 2023 for CHF 75.


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski