6-2532

RIC VI, ROME, CONSTANTIUS, UNLISTED ISSUE [VOTA PVBLICA] (Festival of Isis)

  

OBVERSE

IMPCONSTANTIVSPFAVG [IMP CONSTANTIVS P F AVG]; bust r., rad., cuir., r. holding spear over shoulder, l. shield.

REVERSE

VO-TAPVBLICA [VOTA PVBLICA]; Neptune, at l., stg. r., foot on prow, holding trident and dolphin, facing Isis at r., stg l., holding sistrum and sacred vessel (situla).

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED ISSUE. Specimen belongs to the Festival of Isis coins (tokens), first struck by Diocletian and continued until the 380s.

NOTES

Weight 6.62 g; diameter 24 mm. From "Token Specimens from the Ancient Mediterranean". Bricault & Mondello specimen no. E7.1.


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski