RIC VII, SISCIA [after 188], CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED ISSUE [FEL TEMP REPARATIO] (helmeted soldier) [FORGERY]
OBVERSE
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IMPCONSTANTINVSPFAVG [IMP CONSTANTINVS P F AVG]; bust r., laur., cuir.
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REVERSE
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FELTE[M]P-REPARATIO [FEL TEMP REPARATIO]; Helmeted soldier to l. shield on l. arm, spearing falling horseman; shield on ground at right. Horseman wears pointed cap. BSIS in exergue.
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NOT IN RIC
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UNLISTED ISSUE. Formally this coin is unlisted in RIC VII but in fact it is a modern forgery: obverse of Constantine I with reverse which was introduced in Siscia in year 348, after Constantine's death.
See also:
SISCIA [after 188] CONSTANTINE II, UNLISTED ISSUE [FEL TEMP REPARATIO] (helmeted soldier) [FORGERY]
SISCIA [after 188], CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED ISSUE (Emperor on galley) [FEL TEMP REPARATIO] [FORGERY] (the same rev. die)
SISCIA [after 188], CONSTANTINE II, UNLISTED ISSUE [FEL TEMP REPARATIO] (Emperor on galley) [FORGERY] (the same rev. die)
HERACLEA [before 51], CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND AND BUST TYPE [B5] [FORGERY] (the same obv. die)
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NOTES
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From Numismatikforum; posted by Amentia.
Other specimens:
- from Numismatikforum; posted by Amentia; from the same dies [click for picture].
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