6-2115

RIC VI, ALEXANDRIA 37a, CONSTANTIUS, UNLISTED OFFICINA Є

  

OBVERSE

FLVALCONSTANTIVSNOBCAES [FL VAL CONSTANTIVS NOB CAES]; head r., laur.

REVERSE

GENIOPOPV-L-IROMANI [GENIO POPVLI ROMANI]; Genius stg l., modius on head, naked but for chlamys over l. shoulder, r. holding patera from liquor may or may not flow, r. cornucopiae. Wreath over S in left field and Є over P in right field. ALE in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED OFFICINA - Є. RIC lists only officina Δ (p. 666). See also note on p. 651: "A now rare issue, which was presumably of very limited size. Only officinae A, Γ (very rare) and Δ have been evidenced or recorded, but conceivably Є may exist. The formula S P continues: the wreath alludes to the vicennalia of the Augusti. Date, c. 303-4". Now officina Є is finally attested.

See also:
ALEXANDRIA 37a, CONSTANTIUS, UNLISTED OFFICINA A

NOTES

Weight 8.32 g; diameter 25.90-27.10 mm. From author's collection.


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski