RIC VII, CYZICUS 30, CONSTANTINE I, BUST VARIETY

OBVERSE	ANEPIGRAPHIC (no legend); head r., laur.
REVERSE	CONSTAN/TINVS/AVG in three lines; wreath above. SMKЄ in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	BUST VARIETY. Specimen similar to CYZICUS 30 except for threefold laurel wreath. Note that in Cyzicus laurel wreaths with small leaves sometimes even resemble a pearl diadem.

NOTES

Weight 2.22 g; diameter 18 mm. Sold on CNG auction 85 (lot 1215) in September 2010 for USD 625. Ex Lars Ramskold. Sold on Leu Numismatik web auction 25 (lot 2897) in March 2023 for CHF 2,400. Other specimens: - from the Münzkabinett of the Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien Collection (object no. RÖ 64310); weight 2.30 g; diameter 16.7 mm [click for picture].