6-002

RIC VI, NICOMEDIA 73c, CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED OFFICINA A

  

OBVERSE

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

REVERSE

SOLIIN-VICTO [SOLI INVICTO]; Sol, rad., stg. l. in long robe, r. raised, l. holding head of Serapis. A in left field. SMN in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED OFFICINA - A. RIC lists for this type officinae B and Γ (p. 566). General note from p. 551: "All three colleagues share all three types [...] Soli Invicto (last seen on Maximinus' gold in 306-8, and now underlining Maximinus as the eastern factor in the balance of power). [...] Date, c. 312 (earlier)".

See also:
NICOMEDIA 73c, CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED OFFICINA Δ
NICOMEDIA 73a, LICINIUS, UNLISTED OFFICINA A
NICOMEDIA 73a, LICINIUS, UNLISTED OFFICINA Δ

NOTES

Weight 5.00 g; diameter 21 mm. From CGB site.

Other specimens:

- sold on eBay in February 2008 for USD 139.27 [click for picture];

- from Wildwinds; contributed by Dane Kurth [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski