RIC VI, NICOMEDIA [before 7], CONSTANTIUS, UNLISTED ISSUE [MARTI PATRI]

OBVERSE	CONSTANTIVS-NOBCAESAR [CONSTANTIVS NOB CAESAR]; head r., laur.
REVERSE	MARTI-PATRI [MARTI PATRI]; Mars advancing r., helmeted, chlamys flying, r. holding transverse spear, trophy over l. shoulder. SMN in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED ISSUE. Also obv. legend is not attested for Constantius in RIC VI. But note its similarity to Galerius' obv. legend [MAXIMIANVS NOB CAESAR] on NICOMEDIA 7 which has rev. with Sol, Galerius' personal god. Here we have Mars, the personal god of Constantius. For rev. legend cf. NICOMEDIA 34, 42 and 45. Not listed in Depeyrot. Should be listed in RIC before NICOMEDIA 7.

NOTES

Aureus. Weight 5.35 g; diameter 20.5 mm. From Museum of Fine Arts Boston (no. 1988.353). Other specimens: - barbarous imitation of this type; from the Odessa Numismatics Museum website [click for picture]; sold on Nomos Obolos webauction 11 (lot 676) in December 2018 for CHF 1,700; sold on Leu Numismatik web auction 33 (lot 93) in March 2025 for CHF 1,400; weight 5.0 g; diameter 20 mm [click for picture] [Thanks to the collaboration of Tomasz Speier]; - barbarous imitation of this type (subaeratus); sold on Leu Numismatik web auction 14 (lot 1746) in December 2020 for CHF 150; weight 5.43 g; diameter 20 mm [click for picture].