6-022

RIC VI, SISCIA [before 61], CONSTANTIUS, UNLISTED FOR RULER

  

OBVERSE

CONSTAN-TIVSNOBC [CONSTANTIVS NOB C]; head r., laur.

REVERSE

VIRTVS-MILITVM [VIRTVS MILITVM]; the four princes sacrificing over tripod before archway in six-turreted enclosure. *SIS in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED FOR RULER. RIC lists this type only for Diocletian, Maximian Herculius and Galerius Maximian (p. 461).

General note from p. 442-3: "Once again Constantius is absent from the Sisak hoard (though known elswhere) [...]. The basic type is unchanged - the four princes at sacrifice, as before; Virtus Militum and Victoria Augg, variously broken [...]. The issue, even when allowance is made for the fact that it is the latest in the Sisak hoard (23 coins), seems on other grounds to have been of limited size. Date, c. 295".

Note that so far three different rev. legend breaks are attested: V-S, S-M and M-I, which could make in RIC three separate entries (cf. SISCIA 61 and SISCIA 62).

Listed in Gautier Argent (294-312) under five separate entries:
- p. 422, no. 76, divergent ties, obv. break N-T, rev. break S-M;
- p. 423, no. 82, divergent ties, obv. break N-T, rev. break V-S;
- p. 425, no. 99; parallel ties, obv. break N-T, rev. break S-M);
- p. 426, no. 105; parallel ties, obv. break N-T, rev. break M-I);
- p. 426, no. 106; parallel ties, obv. break T-I, rev. break M-I).

Should be listed in RIC before SISCIA 61.

NOTES

Argenteus. Weight 3.00 g; diameter 18 mm. Coin sold on Numismatik Naumann auction 66 (lot 633) in June 2018 for EUR 425. Gautier Argent (294-312) no. 99.

Other specimens:

- ex Numismatik Lanz auction 123 (lot 867), May 2005; from Freeman & Sear Mail Bid Sale 13 (lot 570), August 2006; weight 2.59 g; diameter 19 mm; Gautier Argent (294-312) no. 76 [click for picture];

- from CGB Live Auction December 2020 (lot 580128); weight 2.88 g; diameter 19 mm; obv. legend break T-I; rev. legend break M-I; Gautier Argent (294-312) no. 106 [click for picture];

- ex Nomos auction 3 (lot 233), May 2011; sold on CNG auction 93 (lot 1242) in May 2013 for USD 575; weight 3.02 g; diameter 18 mm; Gautier Argent (294-312) no. 76 [click for picture];

- from Numismatik Lanz auction 159 (lot 590), December 2014; weight 3.01 g; Gautier Argent (294-312) no. 76 [click for picture];

- sold on Emporium Hamburg Alpha Auction No. 1 (lot 469) in December 2018 for EUR 150; weight 2.41 g; Gautier Argent (294-312) no. 76 [click for picture];

- sold on Freeman & Sear auction in November 2004 for USD 1,210; weight 3.52 g; Gautier Argent (294-312) no. 76 [click for picture];

- sold on CNG auction 61 (lot 2058) in September 2002 for USD 170; weight 2.90 g; Gautier Argent (294-312) no. 82 [click for picture];

- sold on Rauch Mail Bid Sale 10 (lot 784) in March 2006 for EUR 520; weight 2.93 g; Gautier Argent (294-312) no. 76 [click for picture];

- sold on Rauch Mail Bid Sale 8 (lot 580) in October 2004 for EUR 160; weight 3.30 g; Gautier Argent (294-312) no. 99 [click for picture];

- from Gautier Argent (294-312) (plate 47, no. 105a); weight 3.40 g; rev. legend break M-I [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski