RIC VII, ROME, CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED ISSUE [VOTA PVBLICA] (Festival of Isis)

OBVERSE	IMPCONSTANTINVSPFAVG [IMP CONSTANTINVS P F AVG]; bust r., laur., dr., cuir.
REVERSE	VOTAP-VBLICA [VOTA PVBLICA]; Isis std. l. in galley, holding sistrum, several rowers before her at left.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED ISSUE. Specimen belongs to the Festival of Isis coins (tokens), first struck by Diocletian and continued until the 380s. Vagi records this type of reverse (Cm) only for Crispus (no. 3433). Not listed in Alföldi (rev. similar to no. 25 inted for Crispus). See: Lars Ramskold, "A die link study of Constantine’s pagan Festival of Isis tokens and affiliated coin-like ‘fractions’: chronology and relation to major imperial events", Jahrbuch für Numismatik und Geldgeschichte 66, 2016, pp. 157-239.

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Weight 2.34 g; diameter 19 mm. Bricault & Mondello specimen no. E14.1, Coin sold on CNG auction 63 (lot 1537) in May 2003 for USD 700. Now in Brent Upchurch's collection.