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

OBVERSE	[I]MPCONSTANTINVSPFAVG [IMP CONSTANTINVS P F AVG]; bust r., laur., dr., cuir.
REVERSE	VOTAPVB-L-[I]CA [VOTA PVBLICA]; Anubis in long robe std. at prov of ship, facing r., r. holding sistrum.
NOT IN RIC	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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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].