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]; Anubis stg. l., holding branch 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 I in Vagi (no. 3432), but neither obv. legend, nor bust is specified. Listed in Alföldi (p. 61, no. 22). 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 1.20 g; diameter 14 mm. Bricault & Mondello specimen no. E57.2. Coin sold on Mike R. Vosper Coins for GBP 1,400. Other specimens: - from "Token Specimens from the Ancient Mediterranean"; Bricault & Mondello specimen no. E57.3; weight 1.10 g [click for picture]; - from Musée de la ville de Bologne (NVMMVS BIBLE II no. 26343) [click for picture].