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

OBVERSE	CONST[A]N-TINVSAVG [CONSTANTINVS AVG]; head r., laur.
REVERSE	V-OTAPV-BLL-C-[A] [VOTA PVBLLCA (sic!)]; Isis std. l., looking r., in galley, supporting sail.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED ISSUE. Specimen belongs to the Festival of Isis coins (tokens), first struck by Diocletian and continued until the 380s. 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.

NOTES

Weight 1.62 g; diameter 16 mm. From "Token Specimens from the Ancient Mediterranean". Bricault & Mondello specimen no. E33.1. Other specimens: - from "Token Specimens from the Ancient Mediterranean"; Bricault & Mondello specimen no. E33.2; weight 1.49 g; diameter 16 mm [click for picture].