
RIC VII, ROME, CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED ISSUE [VOTA PVBLICA] (Festival of Isis)
OBVERSE
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CONSTAN-TINVSAVG [CONSTANTINVS AVG]; head r., laur.
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REVERSE
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VO-T-APVB-LICA [VOTA PVBLICA]; Isis std. l., in galley, supporting sail.
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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. 3424), but neither obv. legend, nor bust is specified. Listed in Alföldi (p. 61, no. 20).
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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NOTES
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Weight 1.31 g. From the British Museum Collection (reg. no. B.2635).
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