6-2959

RIC VI, OSTIA [after 78], CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED REVERSE TYPE, BUST TYPE D

  

OBVERSE

IMPCCONSTANTINVSPFAVG [IMP C CONSTANTINVS P F AVG]; bust r., laur., dr., cuir., seen from back.

REVERSE

GENIOP-OPROM [GENIO POP ROM]; Genius stg. r., looking l., modius on head, naked but for chlamys over l. shoulder, r. holding patera and sacrificing over tripod altar, l. cornucopiae. MOSTQ in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED REVERSE TYPE. RIC lists issue with Genius stg. l. [OSTIA 73-78] and without tripod altar to l. (p. 408). However, Sutherland mentions in footnote 3 on p. 408 that "Maur. [Maurice, Numismatique constantinienne] i, p. 284 (type II) cites from Voett. a doubtful coin with tripod in field to l.". Listed in Saint-Colombier-en-Sarzeau Hoard (p. 89, no. 3884). Should be listed in RIC after OSTIA 78.

See also:
OSTIA [after 78], CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED REVERSE TYPE, BUST TYPE B, OFFICINA S
OSTIA [after 78], CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED REVERSE TYPE, BUST TYPE B, OFFICINA T
OSTIA [after 78], CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED REVERSE TYPE, BUST TYPE B, OFFICINA Q
OSTIA [after 78], CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED REVERSE TYPE, BUST TYPE C
OSTIA [after 78], MAXIMINUS, UNLISTED REVERSE TYPE
OSTIA [after 78], LICINIUS, UNLISTED REVERSE TYPE

NOTES

Weight 4.13 g. From the British Museum Collection (reg. no. 1977,1005.161).

Other specimens:

- from Saint-Colombier-en-Sarzeau Hoard (plate XXVII, no. 3884); weight 3.94 g [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski