7-3967

RIC VII, SISCIA [after 188], CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED ISSUE [FEL TEMP REPARATIO] (Emperor on galley) [FORGERY]

  

OBVERSE

CONSTAN-TINVSAVG [CONSTANTINVS AVG]; head r., laur.

REVERSE

FELTEMP-REPARATIO [FEL TEMP REPARATIO]; Emperor in military dress stg. l. on galley, holding phoenix on globe and standard with Chi-Rho on the banner; in the stern sits Victory, steering the ship. ASIS in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED ISSUE. Formally this coin is unlisted in RIC VII but in fact it is a modern forgery: obverse of Constantine I which was in use in Siscia to year 325 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] (Emperor on galley) [FORGERY] (the same rev. die)
SISCIA [after 188] CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED ISSUE [FEL TEMP REPARATIO] (helmeted soldier) [FORGERY]
SISCIA [after 188] CONSTANTINE II, UNLISTED ISSUE [FEL TEMP REPARATIO] (helmeted soldier) [FORGERY]

NOTES

Weight 3.0 g; diameter 20.5 mm. Coin sold on Aphrodite Art Coins auction 25 (lot 539) in July 2024 for EUR 55.


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski