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RIC VII, ROME, CONSTANTINE II, UNLISTED ISSUE [VOTA PVBLICA] (Festival of Isis)
  
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OBVERSE
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CONSTANTINVSIVNNOBC [CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C]; bust r., laur., dr., cuir.
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REVERSE
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VOTAPV-BLICA [VOTA PVBLICA]; Anubis std. l., holding branch (or sistrum) and caduceus.
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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 1.60 g; diameter 14 mm. From "Token Specimens from the Ancient Mediterranean". Bricault & Mondello specimen no. E43.2
Other specimens:
- from "Token Specimens from the Ancient Mediterranean"; Bricault & Mondello specimen no. E41.2; diameter 14 mm [click for picture];
- from "Token Specimens from the Ancient Mediterranean"; Bricault & Mondello specimen no. E42.1; rev. legend break P-V; sistrum instead of branch? [click for picture].
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