RIC VI, AQUILEIA [before 130], CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED ISSUE [MARTI CONSERVATORI]

OBVERSE	CONSTANTINVSPFAVG [CONSTANTINVS P F AVG]; bust r., laur., cuir.
REVERSE	MARTICONSERVATORI [MARTI CONSERVATORI]; Bust of Mars r., helmeted and cuirassed.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED ISSUE. RIC lists similar unmarked issue only for Treveri [TREVERI 877-885] (p. 227). See CORRIGENDA, VOL. VI, p. 227. Note that distinction between coins of this type minted in Ticinum and Aquileia is based on style and could be disputable. Coin should be listed before AQUILEIA 130. See also: AQUILEIA [before 130], CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED ISSUE [MARTI CONSERVATORI]

NOTES

Weight 4.96 g. From: Pierre Bastien, "Folles sans marque émis par Constantin en Italie", Schweizer Münzblatter 93, February 1974, no. 8. Attribution confirmed by obv. die-link with example of AQUILEIA 141. Other specimens: - from: Pierre Bastien, "Folles sans marque émis par Constantin en Italie", Schweizer Münzblatter 93, February 1974, no. 2c (from the same obv. die but attributed to Ticinum!); weight 4.00 g [click for picture]; - sold on eBay in July 2021 for EUR 114.77; weight 3.67 g; diameter 20 mm [click for picture]; - sold on eBay in October 2022 for EUR 118.77; weight 3.08 g [click for picture] [Thanks to the collaboration of Genio popvli romani]; - sold on eBay in January 2020 for EUR 21; weight 4.04 g; diameter 24 mm [click for picture]; - sold on Savoca Numismatik 17th blue auction (lot 1921) in March 2019 for EUR 46; weight 3.39 g; diameter 22 mm; tooled, may be reagrded as forgery [click for picture]; - sold on Roma Numismatics eSale 42 (lot 919) in January 2018 for GBP 70; weight 3.86 g; diameter 20 mm; tooled, may be reagrded as forgery [click for picture].