7-792

RIC VII, THESSALONICA [before 6], CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED ISSUE [CONCORDIA AVG ET CAESS NN]

   

OBVERSE

IMPCONSTANTINVSPFAVG [IMP CONSTANTINVS P F AVG]; bust r., rad., dr., cuir.

REVERSE

CONCORDIA-AVG-ETCAESSNN [CONCORDIA AVG ET CAESS NN]; Concordia std. l. on throne, caduceus in r. hand, cornucopiae on l. arm. •SM•TS• in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED ISSUE. Not attested in RIC VII. Rev. quite similar to rev. of aurei RIC VI TREVERI 618a-619 minted by Constantius (RIC VI p. 203) except for slightly different rev. legend (AVG instead of AVGG) and Concordia with single cornucopiae (se example of TREVERI 618a; Leu 87, lot 108, 5.30 g). Coin should be listed before THESSALONICA 6.

NOTES

AV medallion of 2 solidi. Weight 9.08 g. Coin sold on Numismatica Ars Classica auction 138 (lot 834) in May 2023 for CHF 170,000.


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski