RIC VII, THESSALONICA [after 152], CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED ISSUE [FELICITAS ROMANORVM]

OBVERSE	DNCONSTANTINVSMAXAVG [D N CONSTANTINVS MAX AVG]; bust r., laur., cuir.
REVERSE	FELICITASROMANORVM [FELICITAS ROMANORVM]; Emperor stg. l. in military dress, under arch between three sons, each holding sceptre and globe. SMTS in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED ISSUE. Not attested in RIC for Thessalonica but cf. ROME 275, NICOMEDIA 88 and CYZYCIUS 42-43. Cf. also THESSALONICA 140A-140C (p. 718). Listed in Ramskold-Gautier FELICITAS ROMANORUM (p. 284, no. 28-29; series 2). Should be listed in RIC after THESSALONICA 152.

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Light miliarense. Weight 4.45 g; diameter 23 mm. Numismatica Ars Classica auction 72 (lot 769), May 2013; Numismatica Ars Classica auction 100 (lot 641), May 2017; sold on Roma Numismatics E-LIVE Auction 3 (lot 900) in October 2018 for GBP 2,000. No. 28 in Ramskold-Gautier FELICITAS ROMANORUM. Other specimens: - from Ramskold-Gautier FELICITAS ROMANORUM (no. 29); weight 4.19 g [click for picture].