RIC VII, ARLES 326, CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED REVERSE LEGEND (ENGRAVER'S ERROR?)

OBVERSE	CONSTAN-TINVSAVG [CONSTANTINVS AVG]; bust r., rosette-diadem, dr., cuir.
REVERSE	PROVIDEN-TIAEAVG [PROVIDENTIAE AVG (sic!)]; gateway with two turrets, star above, no doors, varying number of stone layers. T in left field, F in right field. PCONST in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED REVERSE LEGEND. Coin similar to ARLES 326 except for "AVG" in rev. legend instead of "AVGG" (p. 269). Could be an engraver's error, but note the other specimens from different rev. dies. See also: ARLES 337, CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED REVERSE LEGEND (ENGRAVER'S ERROR?)

NOTES

Weight 2.94 g; diameter 20 mm. Ex BEAST COINS. Sold on VAuctions in August 2010 for $132. Other specimens: - specimen sold on eBay in March 2008 for $158.86; note soft strike (letters in fields and officina letter are hardly visible) [click for picture]; - specimen from FORVM ANCIENT COINS; posted by Frans Diederik [click for picture].