RIC VI, AQUILEIA 43, CONSTANTIUS, [CORRECTION]
OBVERSE
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CONSTANT-IVSPFAVG [CONSTANTIVS P F AVG]; head r., laur.
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REVERSE
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FELICI-TASAVGGNOSTR [FELICITAS AVGG NOSTR]; Felicitas seated l., r. holding caduceus, l. cornucopiae. AQ in exergue.
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NOT IN RIC
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[CORRECTION]. RIC lists this type after Cohen, who cites "Ancien catalogue" (Cohen, vol. VII, p. 63, no. 37). Cohen gives rev. legend FELICITAS AVG NOSTR and Sutherland mentions in footnote 1 on p. 317: "Confirmation required: AVGG would in any case have been expected". Actually, rev. legend is indeed FELICITAS AVGG NOSTR. Note, however, that in INDEX II: REVERSE LEGENDS relevant entry reads FELICITAS AVGG NOSTR (p. 699). Also, listed in Depeyrot (p. 92, no. 6/4) with the same error.
Note that so far two different rev. legend breaks are attested: I-T and S-A, which could make in RIC two separate entries (cf. TREVERI 802 and 807 or SISCIA 61 and SISCIA 62).
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NOTES
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Aureus. Weight 5.14 g. Sold on Hirsch auction 298 (lot 777) in May 2014 for EUR 15,000; sold on Numismatica Ars Classica auction 114 (lot 850) in May 2019 for CHF 14,000.
Other specimens:
- sold on Lanz auction 125 (lot 1062) in November 2005 for EUR 7,000; sold on Rauch auction 90 (lot 901) in June 2012 for EUR 9,000; weight 5.40 g; diameter 21 mm; rev. legend break S-A [click for picture].
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