
RIC VII, ROME, CONSTANTIUS II, UNLISTED ISSUE [VOTA PVBLICA] (Festival of Isis)
OBVERSE
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DNFLCONSTANTIVSAVG [D N FL CONSTANTIVS AVG]; bust l., rosette-diadem, wearing trabea, eagle-tipped (?) sceptre in r. hand.
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REVERSE
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VOTA[PVBLIC]A [VOTA PVBLICA]; Isis in ship l., holding the sail in both hands.
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NOT IN RIC
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UNLISTED ISSUE. Specimen belongs to the Festival of Isis coins, first struck by Diocletian and continued until the 380s. Type probably listed in Vagi (no. 3446; rev. Cj): obv. legend not specified, bust described as "Diad. half-bust r. or l. of Constantius II wearing consular robes, hldg. scepter and sometimes also a branch (?)" (p. 574). Not listed in Alföldi (but cf. p. 65, no. 51 illustrated on plate II, no. 7 with bust turned r.).
See also: Lars Ramskold, "A die link study of Constantine’s pagan Festival of Isis tokens and affiliated coin-like ‘fractions’: chronology and relation to major imperial events", Jahrbuch für Numismatik und Geldgeschichte 66, 2016, pp. 157-239.
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NOTES
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Weight 1.27 g; diameter 15 mm. From FORVM ANCIENT COINS; posted by gb29400.
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