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RIC VII, CYZICUS 79, CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED OFFICINA B

  

OBVERSE

[CONSTANTI]-NVSMAXAVG [CONSTANTINVSMAX AVG]; bust r., pearl-diadem with rosette, dr., cuir.

REVERSE

GLOR-IAEXERC-ITVS [GLORIA EXERCITVS]; two soldiers helmeted, stg. facing one another, spear in outer hand, inner hand on shield set on ground; between them, two standards. SMKB in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED OFFICINA - B. RIC lists only officinae A, Δ and Є (p. 655). Note that it is unclear (cf. footnote 78 on p. 655) if pearl-diadem with rosette counts as rosette-diadem (bust E8) or as pearl-diadem (bust E9).

See also:
CYZICUS 79, CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED OFFICINA Γ
CYZICUS 79, CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED OFFICINA S

NOTES

Weight 3.27 g; diameter 17 mm. From NVMMVS BIBLE II (NBD no. 100066).

Other specimens:

- from eBay, September 2015 [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski