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

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. I in right field. ANT: in exergue.
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 B 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

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Weight 11.04 g; diameter 28 mm. Coin sold on Art Coins Roma (Bertolami Fine Art) auction in December 2012 for EUR 144; sold on Bertolami Fine Art E-Live auction 83 (lot 1311) in June 2020 for GBP 35. Other specimens: - sold on Gorny & Mosch E-auction 295 (lot 2525) in March 2023 for EUR 70; weight 9.11 g; diameter 29 mm [click for picture]; - from Brent Upchurch's collection [click for picture]; - sold on Dara Antiques Museum E-Auction 3 (lot 1771) in November 2021 for EUR 30; weight 9.6 g; diameter 27 mm [click for picture]; - from the Late Roman Bronze Coin Forum; posted by Victor; weight 9.20 g; diameter 26-27 mm [click for picture].