6-817

RIC VI, ROMA [after 165], CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED ISSUE [PRINCIPI IVVENTVTIS]

  

OBVERSE

CONSTANTINVSNOBCAES [CONSTANTINVS NOB CAES]; bust r., laur., dr. cuir.

REVERSE

PRINCIPIIVVE-NTVTIS [PRINCIPI IVVENTVTIS]; prince stg. r. in military dress, r. holding transverse spear, l. globe.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED ISSUE. Type similar to ROMA 60a-61A (minted for Constantius and Galerius Maximian as Caesars) and ROMA 125 (minted for Severus as Caesar), but not attested for Constantine. Probably minted before 307 as quarter-follis.

Not listed in Drost. Should be listed in RIC after ROMA 165.

NOTES

Æ fraction. Weight 2.56 g. From Numismatica Ars Classica auction, April 1996.


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski