7-621

RIC VII, TICINUM [after 204], URBS ROMA, HYBRID [IRREGULAR COIN]

  

OBVERSE

VRBS-ROMA [VRBS ROMA]; bust l., helmet with plume (?) (see CORRIGENDA, VOL. VII, p. 88), wearing imperial cloak.

REVERSE

Victory stg. l. on prow, holding spear and shield. T crescent T in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

HYBRID. Obverse of URBS ROMA type with reverse of CONSTANTINOPOLIS type. Note that none of these types was minted in Ticinum because mint was closed in 326-27.

NOTES

Weight 1.43 g; diameter 15.5 mm. Coin sold on CGB Monnaies 38 (lot 1230) in April 2009 for EUR 292.


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski