RIC VII, LONDON [after 300], CONSTANTIUS II, UNLISTED ISSUE [Dot over PLON]

OBVERSE	FLACONSTANTIVSNOBC [FLA CONSTANTIVS NOB C]; bust r., laur., dr., cuir.
REVERSE	PROVIDEN-TIAECAESS [PROVIDENTIAE CAESS]; camp gate, two turrets, no doors, star above, varying number of stone layers. Dot in arch. PLON in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED ISSUE. RIC does not list issue with dot over PLON in mintmark. However, dot in arch is mentioned in footnotes 293 and 296 on p. 116 (for Constantine's I and Constantine's II coins). The relatively large number of known specimens suggests, that dot is not an accidental die crack or an engraver's error. On the other hand, dot above arch is probably a centering mark (see example of LONDON 297). Coin should be listed after LONDON 300. See also: LONDON [after 300], CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED ISSUE [Dot over PLON] LONDON [after 300], CRISPUS, UNLISTED ISSUE [Dot over PLON] LONDON [after 300], CONSTANTINE II, UNLISTED ISSUE [Dot over PLON] LONDON [after 300], CONSTANTIUS II, UNLISTED ISSUE [Dot over PLON] LONDON [after 300], CONSTANTIUS II, UNLISTED ISSUE [Dot over PLON]

NOTES

Weight 2.91 g; diameter 20 mm. Coin sold on VCoins in October 2009 for $187. Other specimens: - specimen sold on Spink auction in March 2008 for $400.38 [lot of 6 coins]; the same lot sold on Classical Numismatic Group auction in February 2009 for $797 [click for picture]; - specimen sold on VAuctions in April 2010 for $116; ex BEAST COINS; weight 3.12 g; diameter 19 mm [click for picture].