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RIC VII, ARLES [before 351], URBS ROMA, REVERSE VARIETY, OFFICINA S
  
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OBVERSE
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VRBS-ROMA [VRBS ROMA]; bust l., helmeted, wearing imperial cloak.
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REVERSE
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She-wolf stg. l., suckling twins; two stars above. Third star between them. SCONST in exergue
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NOT IN RIC
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REVERSE VARIETY. RIC lists only variant with star in exergue. Note that there is not an error in RIC and such variant really exists (see example of ARLES 351 from Adrian Marsden's collection). See also CORRIGENDA, VOL. VII, p. 88. Coin should be listed before ARLES 351.
See also:
ARLES [before 351], URBS ROMA, REVERSE VARIETY, OFFICINA P
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NOTES
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From Victor Failmezger's collection (no. 364 in RBC); photo by Doug Smith.
Other specimens:
- specimen from Adrian Marsden's collection [click for picture];
- specimen sold on Allegro in December 2007 for c. $48 [click for picture];
- specimen sold on eBay in June 2008 for $17.67; diameter 18 mm [click for picture];
- specimen from FORVM ANCIENT COINS; posted by rick2 [click for picture];
- specimen from the Portable Antiquities Scheme database (Id: WILT-1820A4); diameter 18 mm [click for picture].
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