RIC VII, ROME, CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED ISSUE [VOTA PVBLICA] (Festival of Isis)
OBVERSE
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IMPCONSTANTINVSPFAVG [IMP CONSTANTINVS P F AVG]; bust r., laur., dr., cuir.
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REVERSE
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V-[OTA]PVBLI-CA [VOTA PVBLICA]; Anubis and Isis on galley sailing r.; on l. Anubis stg. l., looking r., r. holding branch, scepter in l.; on r. Isis stg r., looking l., supporting sail (?).
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NOT IN RIC
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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.
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NOTES
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Weight 3.52 g; diameter 21 mm. From "Token Specimens from the Ancient Mediterranean". Bricault & Mondello specimen no. E11.1.
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