6-309

87a, CONSTANTIUS, ENGRAVER'S ERROR OR UNLISTED ISSUE

  

OBVERSE

FLVALCONSTANTIVSNOBC [FL VAL CONSTANTIVS NOB C]; bust r., rad., dr., with or without cuir.

REVERSE

VOT/XX in two lines in wreath.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED ISSUE. RIC does not list such fraction issue without officina letter. The most similar is ROMA 74-89b (p. 359-360). Footnote 2 on p. 359 about this issue reads as follows: "These common coins have been studied and recorded with insufficient care. It appears that there were examples (of which Vienna contains a number) without any officina-letter—a separate issue, or result of error in engraving ?".

NOTES

Fraction. Weight 3.4 g, diameter 20.79 mm. From Victor Failmezger's collection (no. 37 in RBC).


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski