6-151

RIC VI, NICOMEDIA 71c, CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED OFFICINA Є

  

OBVERSE

IMPCFLVALCONSTANTINVSPFAVG [IMP C FL VAL CONSTANTINVS P F AVG]; head r., laur.

REVERSE

GENIOA-VGVSTI [GENIO AVGVSTI]; Genius stg. l., modius on head, naked but for chlamys over l. shoulder, r. holding patera (from which liquor flows), l. cornucopiae; to l. altar. Є in right field. SMN in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED OFFICINA - Є. RIC lists for this type officinae A, B and Γ (p. 566). General note from p. 551: "All three colleagues share all three types-Genio Augusti in two varieties [...] Date, c. 312 (earlier)".

See also:
NICOMEDIA 71c, CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED OFFICINA Δ

NOTES

Weight 3.83 g; diameter 22 mm. Coin sold on eBay in June 2018 for EUR 13.50.

Other specimens:

- from author's collection; weight 5.01 g; diameter 19.90-21.15 mm [click for picture];

- sold on eBay in March 2005 for USD 70.00; weight 4.22 g; diameter 22 mm [click for picture];

- from Jerry Scoppa's collection; weight 4.31 g; diameter 20.9 mm [click for picture];

- sold on eBay in May 2005 for USD 22.96; weight 3.9 g; diameter 21 mm [click for picture];

- sold on eBay in June 2007 for USD 60.49 [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski