7-3967

RIC VII, SISCIA [after 241], CONSTANS, UNLISTED ISSUE [VIRTVS AVG] [FORGERY]

  

OBVERSE

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

REVERSE

FELTEMP-REPARATIO [FEL TEM 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. ΔSIS 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 year348, after Constantine's death.

NOTES

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


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski