RIC VI, ANTIOCHIA [before 81], CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED FOR RULER, OFFICINA B

OBVERSE	FLVALCONSTANTINVSNOBCAES [FL VAL CONSTANTINVS NOB CAES]; head r., laur.
REVERSE	GENIOPOPV-LIROMANI [GENIO POPVLI ROMANI]; Genius stg. l., modius on head, naked but for chlamys over l. shoulder (the chlamys falls low), r. holding patera (from which liquor flows), l. cornucopiae. B in right field. ANT: in exergue [dots worn out or omitted].
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED FOR RULER. RIC lists issue ANTIOCHIA 74a-75b with the same pattern for Constantius, Galerius Maximian, Severus (as Caesar) and Maximinus, but not for Constantine (see p. 624-625, 627). General note from p. 605: "It is to be strongly presumed (though explicit proof is lacking) that the final issue of Group II aes continued into Group III with mark, weight and types unchanged. [...] the issue may not date until c. spring 307". The detailed and exhaustive study by Jan de Veen shows that currently ten officinae (A-I) are recorded and that they were already attested long before RIC vol. VI was written. For example, Voetter seems to be aware of all officinae and lists in Gerin's collection officinae A, Γ and ς (cf. Voetter, p. 46, no. 1). Specimens from all officinae were also noted in hoards from the Middle East [see: Bastien, P., "Trouvaille de folles au Liban (294-307)", Revue Numismatique 1967, p. 171]. Other important studies: King, C. E. and Spaer, A., "A hoard of folles from Northern Sinai", Numismatic Chronicle 1977; Salzmann, D., "Folles of Severus II as Augustus and of Constantine I as Caesar from Antioch", Numismatic Chronicle 1983. Coin should be listed in Group III before ANTIOCHIA 81. See also: ANTIOCHIA [before 81], CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED FOR RULER, OFFICINA A ANTIOCHIA [before 81], CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED FOR RULER, OFFICINA Γ ANTIOCHIA [before 81], CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED FOR RULER, OFFICINA Δ ANTIOCHIA [before 81], CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED FOR RULER, OFFICINA Є ANTIOCHIA [before 81], CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED FOR RULER, OFFICINA ς ANTIOCHIA [before 81], CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED FOR RULER, OFFICINA Z ANTIOCHIA [before 81], CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED FOR RULER, OFFICINA H ANTIOCHIA [before 81], CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED FOR RULER, OFFICINA ΔЄ ANTIOCHIA [before 81], CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED FOR RULER, OFFICINA I

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Weight 10.70 g; diameter 26 mm. Coin sold on Roma Numismatics eSale 110 (lot 1475) in August 2023 for GBP 260. Other specimens: - ex Beast Coins; sold on VCoins (Gert Boersema Ancient Coins) for USD 95; now in Jan de Veen's collection; weight 8.92 g; diameter 29.7 mm [click for picture]; - sold on Nummitra auction 3 (lot 258) in July 2023 for EUR 15; weight 10.73 g; diameter 26 mm [click for picture].