RIC VII, NICOMEDIA [after 1], CONSTANTINE I, REVERSE VARIETY

OBVERSE	CONSTAN-TINVSPFAVG [CONSTANTINVS P F AVG]; head r., laur.
REVERSE	VOTISV-MVLTISX [VOTIS V MVLTIS X]; Victory stg. r., holding shield with VOT/X/MVL/XX on cippus. SMN in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	REVERSE VARIETY. RIC lists two similar coins: NICOMEDIA 1 and NICOMEDIA 9. The former has different inscription on shield [VI/CTO/RIA/AVG] (p. 599). The latter has different rev. legend [VICTORIAE AVGG NN] (p. 600). Coin should be listed after NICOMEDIA 1.

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Aureus. Weight 5.28 g. Coin offered on Stack's Tallent & Belzberg Collections (lot 2317) in April 2008; offered on Stack's The Golden Horn Collection (lot 2336) in January 2009; offered on Stack's The Saint Ludovico and Firth of Clyde Collections (lot 1459) in April 2009; sold on Stack's Vermeule, Ward, and Mexico Maxico Collections (lot 405) in January 2010 for USD 14,950; offered on Stack's Bowers Galleries (lot 21637) in August 2011; sold on Stack's Bowers The January 2021 Auction (lot 20047) for USD 8,700.