RIC VII, ROME [before 143], CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED ISSUE [FORTVNA REDVX AVG N]

OBVERSE	CONSTA-NTINVSAVG [CONSTANTINVS AVG]; bust r., helmeted, cuir.
REVERSE	FORTVNARE-DVXAVGN [FORTVNA REDVX AVG N]; Fortuna seated l. on wheel, r. holding rudder, l. cornucopiae. P in left field, R in right field. RT in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED ISSUE. Similar reverse type was in use during the First Tetrarchy [cf. RIC VI TREVERI 228-263b or TREVERI 378-417] but is completely absent from RIC VII. Coin should be listed as a part of ROME 143-193 (for varieties of Constantine's helmets from ROME 143-193 emission see CORRIGENDA, VOL. VII, p. 348) before ROME 143. See also: ROME [before 143], CONSTANTINE II, UNLISTED ISSUE [FORTVNA REDVX AVG N]

NOTES

Weight 2.658 g; diameter 18.5 mm. Ex Lars Ramskold. Sold on Leu Numismatik web auction 25 (lot 2947) in March 2023 for CHF 2,400.