RIC VII, TICINUM 198, CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED ISSUE OR MINT ERROR

  

OBVERSE

CONSTAN-TINVSAVG [CONSTANTINVS AVG]; head r., laur.

REVERSE

DNCONSTANTINIMAXAVG [D N CONSTANTINI MAX AVG]; camp gate, two turrets, star above, no doors, varying number of stone layers. ST in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED ISSUE OR MINT ERROR. Coin is similar to TICINUM 198 or TICINUM 205 but in those issues there are crescent or branch after officina letter. However, unusual distance between letters suggests that it could be mint error: engraver's oversight or filled die. This coin could also belong to the earlier issue TICINUM 189-191 with the same mintmark.

NOTES

From Beast's collection. For more details see BEAST COINS.


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski