RIC VII, CYZICUS 92, CONSTANTINOPOLI, BUST TYPE VARIETY, OFFICINA S

OBVERSE	CONSTAN-TINOPOLI [CONSTANTINOPOLI]; bust l., laur. helmet with plume, wearing imperial cloak, reversed spear.
REVERSE	Victory stg. l. on prow, holding spear and shield. SMKS in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	BUST TYPE VARIETY. Specimen similar to CYZICUS 92 except for laur. helmet with plume, like on Urbs Roma coins. See also CORRIGENDA, VOL. VII, p. 90. See also: ROME 355, CONSTANTINOPOLIS, BUST TYPE VARIETY, OFFICINA Є THESSALONICA 188, CONSTANTINOPOLIS, BUST TYPE VARIETY, OFFICINA Є HERACLEA 157, CONSTANTINOPOLI, BUST TYPE VARIETY, OFFICINA Γ HERACLEA 157, CONSTANTINOPOLI, BUST TYPE VARIETY, OFFICINA Δ CONSTANTINOPLE 63, CONSTANTINOPOLI, BUST TYPE VARIETY, OFFICINA Z CONSTANTINOPLE 63, CONSTANTINOPOLI, BUST TYPE VARIETY, OFFICINA IA CONSTANTINOPLE 79, CONSTANTINOPOLI, BUST TYPE VARIETY, OFFICINA IA NICOMEDIA 196, CONSTANTINOPOLI, BUST TYPE VARIETY, OFFICINA Є CYZICUS 73, CONSTANTINOPOLI, BUST TYPE VARIETY, OFFICINA B CYZICUS 92, CONSTANTINOPOLI, BUST TYPE VARIETY, OFFICINA A CYZICUS 92, CONSTANTINOPOLI, BUST TYPE VARIETY, OFFICINA B CYZICUS 92, CONSTANTINOPOLI, BUST TYPE VARIETY, OFFICINA Δ CYZICUS 92, CONSTANTINOPOLI, BUST TYPE VARIETY, OFFICINA Є CYZICUS 93, CONSTANTINOPOLI, BUST TYPE VARIETY, OFFICINA A CYZICUS 107, CONSTANTINOPOLI, BUST TYPE VARIETY, OFFICINA Δ CYZICUS 107, CONSTANTINOPOLI, BUST TYPE VARIETY, OFFICINA Є

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Weight 3.44 g; diameter 18 mm. From CGB E-shop (brm_535272). Other specimens: - sold on N&N LONDON online auction 42 GREEN (lot 509) in December 2023 for GBP 4; weight 2.23 g; diameter 17 mm [click for picture]; - sold on CGB E-auction 277 (lot 197934) in August 2018 for EUR 17; weight 3.12 g; diameter 18.5 mm [click for picture].