7-323

RIC VII, SISCIA [after 230], CONSTANTINE II, UNLISTED FOR RULER

  

OBVERSE

ANEPIGRAPHIC (no legend); head r. with plain diadem (decorated with pearls), looking upwards.

REVERSE

CONSTANTI-NVSCAESAR [CONSTANTINVS CAESAR]; Victory advancing l., holding wreath and palm branch. SIS in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED FOR RULER. RIC lists this type only for Constantine I only [see SISCIA 210 and SISCIA 229]. Note that diadem may be described as pearl-diadem. Coin should be listed after SISCIA 230.

See also:
SISCIA [after 229], CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED BUST TYPE
SISCIA [after 230], CONSTANTIUS II, UNLISTED FOR RULER

NOTES

Siliqua. Weight 3.29 g. Coin sold on Numismatica Ars Classica auction 51 (lot 1087) in March 2009 for CHF 1,200.

Other specimens:

- sold on Gorny & Mosch auction 118 (lot 2407) in October 2002 for EUR 300; sold on Elsen auction 156 (lot 638) in September 2023 for EUR 700; weight 2.67 g [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski