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

OBVERSE	CONSTANTI-NVSMAXAVG [CONSTANTINVS MAX AVG]; bust r., rosette-diadem, dr., cuir.
REVERSE	VOTAP-VBLICA [VOTA PVBLICA]; Isis stg. l., r. holding sistrum, l. holding situla.
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 (no. 3424), but neither obv. legend, nor bust is specified. Listed in Alföldi (p. 62, no. 24; not illustrated). 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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Weight 1.53 g; diameter 15 mm. Coin sold on Leu Numismatik web auction 40 (lot 2124) in March 2026 for CHF 700.