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

OBVERSE	CONSTA-NTINVSAVG [CONSTANTINVS AVG]; bust r., laur., dr., cuir.
REVERSE	V-OTACV-BLI-C-A [VOTA CVBLICA (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. Type of rev. listed for Constantine I in Vagi Vagi (no. 3424), but neither obv. legend, nor bust is specified. Not listed in Alföldi. 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 1.15 g; diameter 14 mm. Bricault & Mondello specimen no. E48.1. Coin sold on Numismatik Lanz auction 100 (lot 541) in November 2000 for DEM 1,700.