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RIC VII, SISCIA 59, CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED MINTMARK [•ASIS•]

  

OBVERSE

IMPCONSTANTINVSPFAVG [IMP CONSTANTINVS P F AVG]; bust r., laur. helmet, cuir.

REVERSE

VICTORIAELAETAEPRINCPERP [VICTORIAE LAETAE PRINC PERP]; two Victories stg. facing one another, together holding shield inscribed VOT/PR on altar of varying design. •BSIS• in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED MINTMARK. Coin similar to SISCIA 59 except for the second dot before officina letter. The next issue with the same mintmark has shorter rev. legend VICT• instead of VICTORIAE. Listed as a separate issue in Bikić-Do Hoard (pp. 65, 72; Siscia no. 120; 1 specimen).

See also:
SISCIA 61, CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED MINTMARK [•ASIS•], OFFICINA A
SISCIA 61, CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED MINTMARK [•ASIS•], OFFICINA B
SISCIA 62, LICINIUS I, UNLISTED MINTMARK [•ASIS•], OFFICINA B
SISCIA 62, LICINIUS I, UNLISTED MINTMARK [•ASIS•], OFFICINA Δ
SISCIA 65, CRISPUS, UNLISTED MINTMARK [•ASIS•]
SISCIA 66, CRISPUS, UNLISTED MINTMARK [•ASIS•]
SISCIA 66, CRISPUS, UNLISTED MINTMARK [•ASIS]
SISCIA 76, CRISPUS, UNLISTED MINTMARK [•ASIS•]
SISCIA 79, LICINIUS II, UNLISTED MINTMARK [•ASIS•]

NOTES

Weight 3.6 g; diameter 18 mm. Coin sold on eBay in December 2006 for USD 35.56.

Other specimens:

- from Bikić-Do Hoard (p. 72 and Plate XVI, no. 120); weight 3.42 g [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski