RIC VII, ARLES [before 208], CONSTANTINE I, [CORRECTION; THESSALONICA 84]

OBVERSE	IMPCONSTA[N]-TINVSPFAVG [IMP CONSTANTINVS P F AVG]; head r., laur.
REVERSE	CONSTANTINIAVG [CONSTANTINI AVG] around VOT/XX; dot between first and last letter.
NOT IN RIC	[CORRECTION]. Coin erroneously listed in RIC VII as THESSALONICA 84. However, bust style does not resemble that of Thessalonica (compare THESSALONICA 88; especially the arrangement of ties) and this issue actually belongs to Arles. Bruun was aware that the style of THESSALONICA 84-87 is quite different from the style of the next Vota issue: THESSALONICA 88-95. In footnote 1 on p. 495 he writes as follows: "The only difficulty in attributing this series to Thessalonica is the size of the obv. busts [...]. The first mint-marked series [i.e. THESSALONICA 88-95] employed considerably smaller obv. busts. A possible explanation is that the series without m.m. was struck at Thessalonica by a moneta comitatensis". See CORRIGENDA, VOL. VII, p. 508. Not listed in Ferrando. Should be listed in RIC before ARLES 208. See also: ARLES [before 208], CRISPUS, [CORRECTION; THESSALONICA 85] ARLES [before 208], CONSTANTINE II, [CORRECTION; THESSALONICA 87]

NOTES

Weight 2.20 g; diameter 18 mm. From the collection of Rayban35. Other specimens: - from Nicola Tammaro's collection; weight 3.18 g; diameter 18 mm; obv. legend unbroken [click for picture].