RIC VI, NICOMEDIA [before 27a], CONSTANTIUS, UNLISTED ISSUE [GENIO AVGG ET CAESARVM NN]

OBVERSE	FLVALCONSTANTIVSNOBCAES [FL VAL CONSTANTIVS NOB CAES]; head r., laur.
REVERSE	GENIOAVGGET-CAESARVMNN [GENIO AVGG ET CAESARVM NN]; Genius stg. l., modius on head, naked but for chlamys over l. shoulder, r holding patera (from which liquor flows), l. cornucopiae. SMN in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED ISSUE. RIC lists this type only for Cyzicus [CYZICUS 7a-b; 9a-b; 11a-b; 20a-b; 24a-b; 26a-b; 30a-b]; minted between 294 and 307. Coin should be listed before NICOMEDIA 27a. See also: NICOMEDIA [before 27a], DIOCLETIAN, UNLISTED ISSUE [GENIO AVGG ET CAESARVM NN] NICOMEDIA [before 27a], MAXIMIAN HERCULIUS, UNLISTED ISSUE [GENIO AVGG ET CAESARVM NN] NICOMEDIA [before 27a], GALERIUS MAXIMIAN, UNLISTED ISSUE [GENIO AVGG ET CAESARVM NN]

NOTES

Weight 9.90 g; diameter 28 mm. Coin sold on CNG Mail Bid Sale 84 (lot 1441) in May 2010 for USD 900. Other specimens: - sold on Kölner Münzkabinett auction 114 (lot 490) in October 2020 for EUR 240; weight 9.29 g [click for picture]; - sold on Numismad auction 17 (lot 1278) in September 2024 for EUR 140; weight 10.69 g; diameter 29 mm [click for picture].