RIC VII, TICINUM [before 51], CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED ISSUE [FELICITAS PERPETVA SAECVLI]

OBVERSE	CONSTAN-TINVSPFAVG [CONSTANTINVS P F AVG]; head r., laur.
REVERSE	FELICITASPERPETVASAECVLI [FELICITAS PERPETVA SAECVLI]; Emperor in military dress, stg. l., chlamys across l. shoulder, receiving Victory on globe from Sol stg. r., cloak displayed; between them suppliant. SMT in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED ISSUE. RIC lists this type for Arles [cf. ARLES 114; BM R.154] and Thessalonica [cf. THESSALONICA 10; picture on plate 15 in RIC]. Not attested for Ticinum but cf. footnote 41 on p. 366: "Thus there is no Felicitas perpetua saeculi marked T [...]. Cohen2 147, however, records an SMT• in the possession of M. Rollin; the dot possibly stands for a partly obliterated S (m.m. accordingly SMTS). It should be noted that the rev. imagery of the Felicitas perpetua was struck at Ticinum with the rev. legends Soli comiti Constantini aug and Soli comiti aug n" [TICINUM 56 and TICINUM 108 respectively]. Note that Cohen lists for Felicitas perpetua saeculi four mintmarks: SMTS, SMT, PTR and PARL (Cohen, vol. VII, p. 245, no. 147). His "SMT." does not mean "SMT dot" (cf. "PTR." for Felicitas reipublicae (no. 148) where apparently the m.m. is PTR. Coin should be listed before TICINUM 51.

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Solidus. Weight 4.35 g. Sold on Stack's August 2011 Chicago ANA Auction (lot 21638) for USD 3,540.