6-1968

RIC VI, AQUILEIA 43, CONSTANTIUS, [CORRECTION]

  

OBVERSE

CONSTANT-IVSPFAVG [CONSTANTIVS P F AVG]; head r., laur.

REVERSE

FELICI-TASAVGGNOSTR [FELICITAS AVGG NOSTR]; Felicitas seated l., r. holding caduceus, l. cornucopiae. AQ in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

[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).

NOTES

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].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski