RIC VI, ROMA 359, CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED OFFICINA Q

OBVERSE	FLVALCONSTANTINVSAVG [FL VAL CONSTANTINVS AVG]; bust r., rad., dr., cuir.
REVERSE	VIRTEXE-RCITGALL [VIRT EXERCIT GALL]; Virtus stg. l., looking r., r. leaning on reversed spear, l. holding parazonium; in field to l. and r., X VI. RQ in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED OFFICINA - Q. RIC lists only officina S (p. 391). General note from p. 348-9: "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 P ROMA 359, CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED OFFICINA T

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Weight 3.56 g; diameter 22 mm. Sold on VCoins (Athena Numismatics) for USD 275. Other specimens: - ex Lars Ramskold; sold on Leu Numismatik web auction 26 (lot 5259) in July 2023 for CHF 220; weight 3.00 g; diameter 20 mm; rev legend breaks X-E-R [click for picture]; - sold on eBay in August 2015 for USD 99.99; rev legend breaks X-E-R [click for picture] [Thanks to the collaboration of Mariusz Graczyk]; - sold on Gorny & Mosch E-Auction 278 (lot 3786) in April 2021 for EUR 85; weight 3.03 g; diameter 19 mm; Virtus looking l. [click for picture].