7-3555

RIC VII, ROME 158, CONSTANTINE I, REVERSE VARIETY, UNLISTED OFFICINA S

  

OBVERSE

CONSTA-NTINVSAVG [CONSTANTINVS AVG]; bust r., helmeted, cuir.

REVERSE

SAECVLIF-ELICITAS [SAECVLI FELICITAS]; wreath with AVG on cippus, decorated with garland. P in left field, R in right field. RS in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

REVERSE VARIETY. Coin similar to ROME 158 except for wreath on cippus instead of shield (p. 315). See also footnote 158 on p. 315: "Two rev. varieties: (a) not shield but wreath on cippus, streaming wreath ties, garland on face of altar, and (b) cippus on square base, face decorated but no garland, shield on cippus". Note that also officina S is not attested in RIC for ROME 158. For varieties of Constantine's helmets from ROME 143-193 emission see CORRIGENDA, VOL. VII, p. 348.

See also:
ROME 158, CONSTANTINE I, REVERSE VARIETY, OFFICINA T
ROME 158, CONSTANTINE I, REVERSE VARIETY, UNLISTED OFFICINA Q

NOTES

Weight 3.68 g; diameter 19 mm. Ex Lars Ramskold. Sold on Leu Numismatik web auction 25 (lot 3022) in March 2023 for CHF 650.


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski