RIC VII, LONDON [after 300], CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED ISSUE [Dot over PLON]

OBVERSE	CONSTAN-TINVSAVG [CONSTANTINVS AVG]; head r., laur.
REVERSE	PROVIDEN-TIAEAVGG [PROVIDENTIAE AVGG]; camp gate, two turrets, no doors, star above, varying number of stone layers. Dot above 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 293). Coin should be listed after LONDON 300. See also: LONDON [after 300], CRISPUS, UNLISTED ISSUE [Dot over PLON] LONDON [after 300], CONSTANTINE II, UNLISTED ISSUE [Dot over PLON], BUST TYPE B3 LONDON [after 300], CONSTANTINE II, UNLISTED ISSUE [Dot over PLON], BUST TYPE B5 LONDON [after 300], CONSTANTIUS II, UNLISTED ISSUE [Dot over PLON] LONDON [after 300], CONSTANTIUS II, UNLISTED ISSUE [Dot over PLON], BUST TYPE B4 LONDON [after 300], CONSTANTIUS II, UNLISTED ISSUE [Dot over PLON], BUST TYPE B4 l.

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Weight 2.96 g; diameter 20 mm. Ex BEAST COINS. Coin sold on VAuctions in April 2010 for $61. Other specimens: - specimen from FORVM ANCIENT COINS; weight 3.11 g; diameter 18.9 mm [click for picture]; - specimen from FORVM ANCIENT COINS; weight 3.17 g; diameter 19.9 mm [click for picture]; - specimen from FORVM ANCIENT COINS; weight 3.17 g; diameter 20.5 mm (flat strike) [click for picture]; - specimen sold on Classical Numismatic Group site for $165; weight 2.98 g; diameter 19 mm [click for picture].