
RIC VII, ROME, CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED ISSUE [VOTA PVBLICA] (Festival of Isis)
OBVERSE
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[I]MPCONSTANTINVSPFAVG [IMP CONSTANTINVS P F AVG]; bust r., laur., dr., cuir.
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REVERSE
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VOTAPVB-L-[I]CA [VOTA PVBLICA]; Anubis in long robe std. at prov of ship, facing r., r. holding sistrum.
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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. Type of rev. listed for Constantine I in Vagi (no. 3429), but neither obv. legend, nor bust is specified. Listed in Alföldi (p. 61, no. 13; not illustrated).
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 2.49 g; diameter 17 mm. Coin sold on Roma Numismatics May Auction (lot 1638) in May 2013 for GBP 1,400.
Other specimens:
- from the American Numismatic Society Collection (reg. no. 1990.3.112); weight 2.46g; diameter 17.5 mm [click for picture].
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