RIC VII, ROME, CONSTANTINE II, UNLISTED ISSUE [VOTA PVBLICA] (Festival of Isis)
OBVERSE
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CONSTANTINVSIVNNOBC [CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C]; bust r., laur., dr., cuir.
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REVERSE
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V-OTAPV-BLL-C-A [VOTA PVBLLCA (sic!)]; Isis std. l., looking r., 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 (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 1.25 g; diameter 15 mm. From "Token Specimens from the Ancient Mediterranean". Bricault & Mondello specimen no. E39.1
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