RIC VII Constantinople 1

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

AD 326

Issuing entity

Roman Empire

Maker / issuer

Constantinople (ancient mint)

Aureus in gold struck at Constantinople under Constantine I, AD 326, catalogued as RIC VII Constantinople 1. Obverse: Head of Constantine I, diademed, right, looking upward. Reverse: Constantine I, draped, standing front in quadriga, raising right hand and holding eagle-tipped sceptre in left hand. Weight, diameter, die axis and a rights-cleared photograph are not yet documented for this type record.

Physical characteristics

Material: Gold
Manufacture: Struck
Denomination: Aureus

Technical characteristics

Mint: Constantinople
Issuing authority: Constantine I

Design

Obverse type: Head of Constantine I, diademed, right, looking upward
Reverse type: Constantine I, draped, standing front in quadriga, raising right hand and holding eagle-tipped sceptre in left hand
Obverse legend: CONSTAN-TINVS AVG
Reverse legend: Not recorded in the source

Identification

Type corpus record: https://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.7.cnp.1
Catalogue reference: RIC VII Constantinople 1
Type corpus identifier: ric.7.cnp.1

Catalogue references

Research required

Nominal weight not transcribed from a primary reference
Diameter and die axis not transcribed
Mint mark and officina detail not transcribed
No rights-cleared photograph identified yet

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