RIC VI, ROMA 359, CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED OFFICINA P

OBVERSE	FLVALCONSTANTINVSAVG [FL VAL CONSTANTINVS AVG]; bust r., rad., dr., cuir.
REVERSE	VIRTEXE-RCITGALL [VIRT EXERCIT GALL]; Virtus stg. l., r. leaning on reversed spear, l. holding parazonium; in field to l. and r., X VI. RP in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED OFFICINA - P. RIC lists only officina S (p. 391). General note from p. 348-349: "The rare Victoria Auggg is for Constantine alone. So, too, are the halves, Paci Perpet-XII and Virt Exercit Gall-XVI; both were produced at all four officinae [...]. The latter type had already appeared on the gold of Trier c. 310 and after, and it now commemorated the happy outcome of what had been an unbroken impetus: the occasion is less one for rejoicing in victory than for rejoicing in the liberation of Rome by the loyalty of the army of Gaul. The whole issue, in which the four officinae seem to be fairly evenly used throughout, falls late in 312 and early 313". See also CORRIGENDA, VOL. VI, p. 391. See also: ROMA 359, CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED OFFICINA T ROMA 359, CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED OFFICINA Q

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Weight 3.07 g; diameter 19 mm. Sold on Gorny & Mosch auction 225 (lot 2480) in October 2014 for EUR 650; sold on Gorny & Mosch auction 276 (lot 647) in April 2021 for EUR 425. Other specimens: - ex Lars Ramskold; sold on Leu Numismatik web auction 26 (lot 5256) in July 2023 for CHF 220; weight 3.75 g; diameter 19 mm [click for picture].