RIC VII, CONSTANTINOPLE [before 29], CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED OBVERSE, OFFICINA S

OBVERSE	ANEPIGRAPHIC (no legend); head r. with rosette-diadem, looking upwards.
REVERSE	CONSTANTINI-ANADAFNE [CONSTANTINIANA DAFNE]; Victory std. l. on cippus, palm branch in each hand, looking r.; trophy in front, at the foot of which kneeling captive turning head, spurned by Victory. S in left field. CONS in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED OBVERSE - ANEPIGRAPHIC. Variety not attested in RIC. According to Victor Clark, this type was known to Voetter (cf. Otto Voetter, Constantinvs Junior. Insbesonders seine Münzen als Augustus und die gleichzeitigen Kupferprägungen in den römischen Münzstätten, Wien 1909, p. 9; example from officina B [click for picture] and Maurice (cf. Jules Maurice, Numismatique constantinienne, vol. II, Paris 1911, p. 514: "Une pièce du musée de Gothe présente une tête diadémée sans légende"), then forgotten and rediscovered circa 1989 (cf. R.S. Speck and Stephen M. Huston, Constantine's Dafne Coinage at Constantinople, San Francisco 1992; two coins from officina A and one from officina S). See also CORRIGENDA, VOL. VII, p. 574-575 and important comments on Dafne coinage in: Lars Ramskold, "The silver emissions of Constantine I from Constantinopolis, and the celebration of the millennium of Byzantion in 333/334 CE", Jahrbuch für Numismatik und Geldgeschichte 2016, vol. 68. Coin should be listed before CONSTANTINOPLE 29. See also: CONSTANTINOPLE [before 29], CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED OBVERSE, OFFICINA A CONSTANTINOPLE [before 29], CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED OBVERSE, OFFICINA B CONSTANTINOPLE [before 29], CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED OBVERSE, OFFICINA Γ CONSTANTINOPLE [before 29], CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED OBVERSE, OFFICINA Δ CONSTANTINOPLE [before 29], CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED OBVERSE, OFFICINA Є CONSTANTINOPLE [before 29], CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED OBVERSE, OFFICINA Z

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Weight 3.09 g. Coin sold on Gorny & Mosch auction 159 (lot 476) in October 2007 for EUR 2,100. Other specimens: - ex Jacquier auction 48 (lot 524), September 2020; sold on Roma Numismatics eSale 109 (lot1302) in May 2023 for GBP 320; weight 3.41 g; diameter 20 mm [click for picture]; - sold on Rauch auction 87 (lot 852) in December 2010 for EUR 1,700; weight 2.83 g [click for picture]; - sold on CNG eAuction 339 (lot 422) in November 2014 for USD 170; weight 2.82 g; diameter 19 mm [click for picture]; - ex Lars Ramskold; sold on Leu Numismatik web auction 26 (lot 5410) in July 2023 for CHF 30; weight 2.77 g; diameter 20 mm [click for picture]; - sold on eBay in July 2010 for USD 595; ex Lars Ramskold; sold on Leu Numismatik web auction 26 (lot 5413) in July 2023 for CHF 360; weight 3.28 g; diameter 19 mm [click for picture].