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

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. ς 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 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 9.20 g; diameter 28 mm. Sold on Savoca Numismatik 91st online auction (lot 753) in December 2020 for EUR 85; sold on Savoca Numismatik 99th blue auction (lot 1733) in April 2021 for EUR 65; sold on Savoca Numismatik 149th blue auction (lot 1586) in November 2022 for EUR 85. Now in the collection of R W Van Someren. Other specimens: - sold on Solidus auction 92 (lot 402) in January 2022 for EUR 110; weight 8.55 g; diameter 28 mm [click for picture]; - sold on eBay in October 2011 for USD 217.38; sold on VAuctions sale 310 (lot 269) in September 2014 for USD 330; now in the Robert Bernobich Collection; weight 9.28 g; diameter 25.94 mm; worn dots in exergue [click for picture]; - sold on eBay in August 2018 for EUR 10.50; weight 10.74 g; diameter 26.5 mm [click for picture]; - sold on eBay in April 2007 for USD 54.40; weight 11.0 g; diameter 25 mm [click for picture].