I’m writing to ask for assistance attributing a solidus I just purchased in the latest Naville auction Constantius II AD 337 – 361, solidus, Thessalonica, ca AD 340 – 350 (21mm 4.63g) CONSTANTIVS AVGVSTVS pearl diademed draped and cuirassed bust right VICTORIAE DD NN AVGG Two ugly Victories, facing one another, holding between them a wreath inscribed VOT XX MVLT XXX. In exergue TES The dealer attributed it to C280, Depeyrot 5/1, RIC 63. Of the three references I have RIC so I looked it up … Cs36 means CONSTANTIVS – AVGVSTVS, and D3 means pearl diademed bust right, draped and cuirassed. So RIC 63 looks like a good fit. But on the next page is RIC 71, with the same obverse and reverse description … So what is the correct attribution, is it RIC 63 or RIC 71? Many thanks for your consideration and help. D
The difference is Cohen 281 (RIC 71) has "Le tout dans une couronne lauriet" -- "all in a laurel wreath" in the obverse description. That refers to the border of your coin. See how it has a border of a wreath?
Thank you very much @Roman Collector, I really appreciate you looking up the Cohen reference. So my coin is correctly re-attributed to RIC 71. (I'm surprised that RIC doesn't provide enough information itself to make accurate attribution.) Again thanks!
