RIC VI, THESSALONICA [after 42], CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED FOR RULER, OFFICINA Γ

OBVERSE	CONSTANTINVSAVG [CONSTANTINVS AVG]; head r., laur.
REVERSE	GENIOA-VGVSTI [GENIO AVGVSTI]; Genius stg. l., modius on head, naked but for chlamys over l. shoulder, r. holding patera (from which liquor flows), l. cornucopiae. Star in left field, Γ in right field. •SM•TS• in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED FOR RULER. RIC lists this issue only for Galerius Maximian, Licinius and Maximinus (p. 516). General note from p. 506: "In the period beginning with Maximinus' elevation as Augustus and ending with Galerius' death [...] aes continued to be struck, an was remarkable in that it did not (to judge from the coins now know) include any emissions for Constantine, who at Heraclea [...] appears with Maximinus as a new promoted Augustus. Future finds may perhaps correct the seeming anomaly". Apparently, here we have exactly the correction expected by Sutherland - coin minted for Constantine as Augustus. Should be listed after THESSALONICA 42. See also: THESSALONICA [after 42], CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED FOR RULER, OFFICINA Δ

NOTES

Weight 5.95 g; diameter 23.38-24.60 mm. From author's collection. Other specimens: - from the Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf Collection (inventory no. Roth12577); weight 5.39 g; diameter 24.85 mm [click for picture]; - sold on eBay in May 2008 for EUR 34.50; weight 7.13 g; diameter 24 mm [click for picture]; - sold on eBay in January 2003 for USD 12 [click for picture]; - from author's collection; weight 7.65 g; diameter 22.90-24.65 mm [click for picture].