6-3217

RIC VI, SISCIA [after 200b], CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED BUST TYPE, OFFICINA A

  

OBVERSE

CONSTANTINVSFILAVGG [CONSTANTINVS FIL AVGG]; head r., laur., with drapery on l. shoulder.

REVERSE

GENIOAV-GVSTI [GENIO AVGVSTI]; Genius stg. l., modius on head, naked but for chlamys over l. shoulder, r. holding patera, l. cornucopiae. Crescent in left field, A in right field. SIS in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED BUST TYPE. Specimen similar to SISCIA 200b except for trace of drapery on l. shoulder (sometimes hardly visible). Variety not attested in RIC. Coin should be listed after SISCIA 200b.

See also:
SISCIA [after 200b], CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED BUST TYPE, OFFICINA Γ

NOTES

Weight 5.74 g; diameter 25 mm. From the Münzkabinett of the Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien Collection (object no. RÖ 77152).

Other specimens:

- sold on Leu Numismatik web auction 15 (lot 2168) in February 2021 for CHF 95; weight 6.42 g; diameter 26 mm; rev. legend break A-V [click for picture];

- from the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg Collection (inventory no. 07062); weight 6.59 g; diameter 26 mm; rev. legend break A-V [click for picture];

- sold on Rauch auction 97 (lot 807) in April 2015 for EUR 50; weight 7.72 g; rev. legend break A-V [click for picture];

- from Emporium Hamburg auction 72 (lot 844), November 2014; weight 6.80 g [click for picture];

- from Rauch Summer Auction 2011 (lot 1093), September 2011; weight 6.22 g; rev. legend break A-V [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski