7-3416

RIC VII, TRIER [after 576], DELMATIUS, UNLISTED FOR RULER [FORGERY]

  

OBVERSE

FLDELMATIVSNOBCAES [FL DELMATIVS NOB CAES]; bust r., laur., dr., cuir.

REVERSE

PRINCIPI-IV-VE-NTVTIS [PRINCIPI IVVENTVTIS]; Prince in military dress, stg. l., holding vexillum with r. hand, sceptre with l.; behind, two standards. TR in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED FOR RULER. RIC lists this issue only for Constantine II and Constans (p. 221). Note, However, that this coin is a forgery (George Francis Hill, Becker the Counterfeiter, part ii, 1925, no. 263). Authentic examples of this type may also exist. Coin should be noted after TRIER 576.

NOTES

Solidus. Weight 4.41 g. Sold as Becker's forgery on Gadoury auction Spring 2022 (lot 71) in March 2022 for EUR 2,000; sold as Becker's forgery on Katz Jubilee Auction 100 (lot 30) in November 2023 for EUR 3301.

Other specimens:

- sold on Teutoburger Münzauktion auction 138 (lot 841) in September 2021 for EUR 160 (silver miliarnese from the same dies); weight 5.90 g [click for picture];

- from Hess Divo eLive auction 11 (lot 2252), May 2015 (silver miliarnese from the same dies); weight 7.50 g [click for picture];

- from Elsen auction 96 (lot 423), June 2008 (silver miliarnese from the same dies) [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski