RIC VII, LONDON [after 300], CONSTANTIUS II, UNLISTED ISSUE [Dot over PLON], BUST TYPE B4

OBVERSE	FLIVLCONSTANTIVSNOBC [FL IVL CONSTANTIVS NOB C]; bust r., laur., dr., cuir.
REVERSE	PROVIDEN-TIAECAESS [PROVIDENTIAE CAESS]; camp gate, two turrets, no doors, star above, varying number of stone layers. Dot in arch. PLON in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED ISSUE. Variant with dot in arch is mentioned in footnotes 293 and 296 on p. 116 (for Constantine's I and Constantine's II coins). Relatively large number of known specimens suggests a separate issue or at least sub-issue. Note also that bust type B4 (turned r.) is not attested with obv. legend FL IVL CONSTANTIVS NOB C. Bust type is listed in Cloke-Toone (10.02.007) but variant with dot in arch is not mentioned. Coin should be listed in RIC after LONDON 300. See also: LONDON [after 300], CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED ISSUE [Dot over PLON] LONDON [after 300], CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED ISSUE [Dot over PLON] AND REVERSE LEGEND VARIETY LONDON [after 300], CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED ISSUE [Dot over PLON] LONDON [after 300], CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED ISSUE [Dot over PLON] AND REVERSE LEGEND VARIETY LONDON [after 300], CRISPUS, UNLISTED ISSUE [Dot over PLON] LONDON [after 300], CONSTANTINE II, UNLISTED ISSUE [Dot over PLON] LONDON [after 300], CONSTANTINE II, UNLISTED ISSUE [Dot over PLON] AND REVERSE LEGEND VARIETY LONDON [after 300], CONSTANTIUS II, UNLISTED ISSUE [Dot over PLON] LONDON [after 300], CONSTANTIUS II, UNLISTED ISSUE [Dot over PLON], BUST TYPE B4 l.

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Coin sold on Spink auction in March 2008 for USD 400.38 [lot of 6 coins]. The same lot sold on CNG auction in February 2009 for USD 797.