
RIC VII, ROME, CONSTANTIUS II, UNLISTED ISSUE [VOTA PVBLICA] (Festival of Isis)
OBVERSE
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DNFLCONSTANTIVSAVG [D N FL CONSTANTIVS AVG]; bust r., laur., dr., cuir.
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REVERSE
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VOTAP-V-BLICA [VOTA PVBLICA]; Anubis stg. l., holding holding sistrum and caduceus.
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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. Not listed in Alföldi.
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 1.41 g; diameter 14.2 mm. From NVMMVS BIBLE II (NBD no. 88067).
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