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

OBVERSE	CONSTANTINVSIVNNOBC [CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C]; bust r., laur., cuir.
REVERSE	VOTAP-VBLICA [VOTA PVBLICA]; Anubis std. l., holding branch (or sistrum) and caduceus.
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 II in Vagi (no. 3439), but neither obv. legend, nor bust is specified. Listed in Alföldi (p. 63, no. 38). 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 1.54 g. From Berk Buy or Bid Sale 118 (lot 631), January 2001. Other specimens: - sold on Morton & Eden auction 83/84 (lot 475) in December 2016 for GBP 420 [lot of 2 coins]; ex Lars Ramskold; sold on Leu Numismatik web auction 25 (lot 3240) in March 2023 for CHF 700; Bricault & Mondello specimen no. E45.1; weight 1.29 g: diameter 15 mm; sistrum instead of branch? [click for picture]; - from "Token Specimens from the Ancient Mediterranean"; Bricault & Mondello specimen no. E63.2; weight 1.54 g: diameter 17 mm; rev. legend break A-P [click for picture]; - from "Token Specimens from the Ancient Mediterranean"; Bricault & Mondello specimen no. E68.1; weight 1.12 g: diameter 14 mm; rev. legend break A-P [click for picture].