7-4108

RIC VII, SIRMIUM [after 66], CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED DENOMINATION

  

OBVERSE

DNCONSTANTINVSPFAVG [D N CONSTANTINVS P F AVG]; bust r., laur., cuir.

REVERSE

VICTORIACONSTANTINIAVG [VICTORIA CONSTANTINI AVG]; Victory std. r. on cuir., by shield, holding shield inscribed VOT/XX and supported by Genius. SIRM in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED DENOMINATION. RIC lists this type only as a heavier fraction - semissis (half-solidus, two scripula). Listed in Depeyrot (p. 107, no. 10/5). See: Marie-Laure Le Brazidec, Arnaud Saura-Ziegelmeyer, Laurent Schmitt, "À propos d'un 9 siliques en or de Constantin Ier découvert à Toulouse (Haute-Garonne) : retour sur ces monnaies particulières et leur place dans le monnayage constantinien", BSFN 2025, no. 80, pp. 3-10.

Not listed in Depeyrot. Should be listed in RIC after SIRMIUM 66.

NOTES

AV fraction (probably of 1½ scripula or 9 siliquae). Weight 1.76 g; diameter 15.45 mm. From the paper cited above (p. 7, fig. 3).

Other specimens:

- sold on Rasmussen auction 907 (lot 292) in April 2022 for DKK 10,000; weight 1.60 g [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski