RIC VII, TRIER [after 455]/449, CONSTANTINE II, UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND AND BUST TYPE [B1], HYBRID [IRREGULAR COIN]

OBVERSE	CONSTANTINVSIVNNC [CONSTANTINVS IVN N C]; head r., laur. [B1] [Treir after 455].
REVERSE	PROVIDEN-TIAEAVGG [PROVIDENTIAE AVGG]; camp gate with two turrets, no doors, star above. PTR in exergue [TRIER 449].
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND AND BUST TYPE - B1, HYBRID. Obv. legend and bust type sre not attested for Constantine's II coins from this issue. Note also rev. appropriate for Augusti. Apparently an ancient imitation. General note from p. 160: "The only disturbing feature of the post-324 bronze coinages is the appearance of both regular and irregular-looking coins of the types VIRTVS AVGG or CAESS, some of them with the Providentiae reverse, others of the type with four turrets familiar from the coinage of Arles. The specimens kmown to the present writer are very few and do not permit us to reconstruct the pattern of this coinage. The majority of these coins, recorded by Maurice, seem to have been part of the Cologne hoard and therefore regarded as valid currency. These irregular coins and their counterparts, struck at the same time by the mint of Arles, point to a major confusion in the financial administration in Gaul".

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Weight 2.75 g; diameter 19 mm. Ex Lars Ramskold. Sold on Leu Numismatik web auction 28 (lot 4528) in December 2023 for CHF 60.