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RIC VII, LONDON 297, CONSTANTIUS II, REVERSE LEGEND VARIETY

  

OBVERSE

FLACONSTANTIVSNOBC [FLA CONSTANTIVS NOB C]; bust r., laur., dr., cuir.

REVERSE

PROVIDEN-TIAECAESS• [PROVIDENTIAE CAESS•]; camp gate, two turrets, no doors, star above, varying number of stone layers. PLON in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

REVERSE LEGEND VARIETY. Specimen similar to LONDON 297 except for dot at end of rev. legend. See also footnote to LONDON 293: "In Hill coll. 1 with m.m. PLON•, another apparently similar in V. [Vienna]". Listed in Cloke-Toone as a minor variant together with LONDON 297 (10.02.005).

See also:
LONDON 293, CONSTANTINE I, REVERSE LEGEND VARIETY
LONDON 295, CRISPUS, REVERSE LEGEND VARIETY
LONDON 296, CONSTANTINE II, REVERSE LEGEND VARIETY
LONDON 298, CONSTANTIUS II, REVERSE LEGEND VARIETY

NOTES

Weight 3.61 g; diameter 19.5 mm. Plate coin in Cloke-Toone. Coin sold on CNG eAuction 221 (lot 527) in October 2009 for USD 83; sold on CNG eAuction 525 (lot 1420) in October 2022 for USD 300.


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski