RIC VI, NICOMEDIA 24, CONSTANTIUS, REVERSE LEGEND VARIETY

OBVERSE	CONSTANTI-VSCAESAR [CONSTANTIVS CAESAR]; head r., laur.
REVERSE	PROVIDEN-TIAAVGG [PROVIDENTIA AVGG]; four-turreted camp-gate, open, with doors thrown back; star above gate, no eagles on turrets. SMNΓ in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	REVERSE LEGEND VARIETY. Specimen similar to NICOMEDIA 24 except for PROVIDENTIA in rev. legend instead of PROVIDENTIAE. Could be regarded as an engraver's error, but is listed separately in Gautier Argent (294-312) (p. 526, no. 24).

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Argenteus. Weight 3.34 g; diameter 21 mm. Coin sold on Rauch auction 105 (lot 530) in November 2017 for EUR 850; sold on Leu Numismatik auction 2 (lot 321) in May 2018 for CHF 750; sold on Leu Numismatik auction 4 (lot 739) in May 2019 for CHF 800; sold on Numismatik Naumann auction 86 (lot 642) in February 2020 for EUR 625; sold on Berk Buy or Bid Sale 212 (lot 358) in September 2020 for USD 1450. Other specimens: - from Trau Collection (plate 42, no. 3553); weight 3.13 g; shown in Gautier Argent (294-312) (plate 69, no. 24d) [click for picture]; - sold on Agora Auctions sale 37 (lot 223) in July 2015 for USD 120; weight 2.50 g; diameter 20.8 mm [click for picture]; - from Münz Zentrum Rheinland auction 179 (lot 542), January 2017; weight 3.15 g [click for picture].