RIC VI, CYZICUS [after 92], CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED FOR RULER, OFFICINA B

OBVERSE	IMPCFLVALCONSTANTINVSPFAVG [IMP C FL VAL CONSTANTINVS P F AVG]; head r., laur.
REVERSE	[S]OLEIN-VICTO [SOLE INVICTO]; Sol, rad., stg. l. in long robe, r. raised, l. holding head of Serapis. B in left field. MKV in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED FOR RULER. RIC lists this type only for Maximinus (p. 592). Constantine is not listed for any Cyzicus issue of Sole Invicto. General note from p. 576: "An extended range of types is introduced, most of them scarce or rare. [...] Sole Invicto, with all the implications of the ablative absolute, is struck for Maximinus only. [...] Date, c. 311-12". The last statement is not true in the light of new findings. Apparently, coins with Sole Invicto legend were struck also for Licinius and Constantine. Coin should be listed after CYZICUS 92. See also: CYZICUS [before 92], LICINIUS, UNLISTED FOR RULER, OFFICINA Δ CYZICUS [before 92], LICINIUS, UNLISTED FOR RULER, OFFICINA ς CYZICUS 92, MAXIMINUS, UNLISTED OFFICINA Є CYZICUS 92, MAXIMINUS, UNLISTED OFFICINA ς CYZICUS [after 92], CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED FOR RULER, OFFICINA A CYZICUS [after 92], CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED FOR RULER, OFFICINA Γ CYZICUS [after 92], CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED FOR RULER, OFFICINA Δ [FORGERY]

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Weight 4.34 g; diameter 22 mm. Coin sold on Savoca Numismatik 110th blue auction (lot 1572) in August 2021 for EUR 55.