RIC VI, HERACLEA 67, CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED OFFICINA A

OBVERSE	IMPCFLVALCONSTANTINOPFINVAVG [IMP C FL VAL CONSTANTINO P F INV AVG]; head r., laur.
REVERSE	IOVICONS-ERVATORI [IOVI CONSERVATORI]; Jupiter stg. facing, head l., chlamys hanging from l. shoulder, r. holding globe, l. leaning on sceptre. Wreath in left field. HTA in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED OFFICINA - A. RIC lists for this type only officina B (p. 540); but see also CORRIGENDA, VOL. VI, p. 540. General note from p. 527: "Iovi Conservatori continues as the sole type: it occurs commonly for Licinius and Maximinus, rarely for Constantine. Both juniors still have the longer P F Inv Aug legend. The wreath, as at Thessalonica [...], anticipates Licinius' quinquennalia of 313. Date, 312". WARNING! Possibly a cast forgery of this type exists (see example from eBay). See also: HERACLEA 67, CONSTANTINE, OFFICINA B [CONFIRMATION] HERACLEA 67, CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED OFFICINA Γ HERACLEA 67, CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED OFFICINA Δ

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Weight 5.45 g; diameter 23 mm. Sold on VCoins (Romae Aeternae Numismatics) for USD 700. Other specimens: - sold on Rauch auction 109 (lot 536) in November 2019 for EUR 50; weight 4.94 g [click for picture]; - from Heritage Auctions (lot 22970), January 2009; weight 3.77 g; diameter 23 mm [click for picture]; - sold on eBay in January 2011 for USD 70.06; now in Tomasz Speier's collection; weight 4.30 g; diameter 22.6-23.8 mm [click for picture]; - sold on eBay in October 2011 for USD 30.30; weight 6.0 g; diameter 22 mm [click for picture] [Thanks to the collaboration of Tomasz Speier]; - sold on eBay in October 2012 for USD 19.99; now in the Zenon M. Collection; weight 3.95 g; diameter 22.5-23.5 mm [click for picture]; - from Coryssa database (ID 97578); weight 3.62 g; diameter 24.26 mm [click for picture]; - from FORVM ANCIENT COINS; weight 5.532 g; diameter 24.3 mm [click for picture].