
RIC VII, ROME, CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED ISSUE [VOTA PVBLICA] (Festival of Isis)
OBVERSE
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CO[NSTANTI]-NVSMAXAVG [CONSTANTINVS MAX AVG]; bust r., rosette-diadem, dr., cuir.
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REVERSE
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VOTAP-VBLICA [VOTA PVBLICA]; Anubis stg. l., holding sistrum and caduceus.
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NOT IN RIC
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UNLISTED ISSUE. Specimen belongs to the Festival of Isis coins, first struck by Diocletian and continued until the 380s. Type of rev. listed for Constantine I in Vagi (no. 3427), but neither obv. legend, nor bust is specified. Not listed in Alföldi; similar to no. 22 on p. 61.
See also: 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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