RIC VII, ARLES 51, CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED OFFICINA P

OBVERSE	IMPCONSTANTINVSPFAVG [IMP CONSTANTINVS P F AVG]; bust l., laur., wearing trabea, eagle-tipped sceptre in r. hand.
REVERSE	VTILITA-SP-VBLICA [VTILITAS PVBLICA]; soldier holding Victory on globe receiving Utilitas stg. on prow, holding cornucopiae and scales. PARL in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED OFFICINA - P. RIC lists only officina T (p. 238). Listed in Ferrando (p. 99, no. 333; note that officina T is not attested).

NOTES

Weight 2.62 g; diameter 22 mm. Coin sold on Roma Numismatics auction III (lot 547) in March 2012 for GBP 1,900. Ex Lars Ramskold. Sold on Leu Numismatik web auction 26 (lot 5174) in July 2023 for CHF 1,200. Other specimens: - sold on CNG eAuction 233 (lot 433) in May 2010 for USD 330; weight 2.03 g; diameter 19 mm [click for picture]; - sold on CNG auction 97 (lot 722) in September 2014 for USD 260; weight 1.48 g; diameter 19 mm [click for picture]; - from NVMMVS BIBLE II (NBD no. 26258); rev. legend breaks S-PV-B [click for picture] [Thanks to the collaboration of David Berthod]; - from NVMMVS BIBLE II (NBD no. 51297) [click for picture].