RIC VI, TICINUM [before 115], CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED ISSUE [MARTI CONSERVATORI (Mars turned l.)], BUST CUIR.

OBVERSE	CONSTANTINVSPFAVG [CONSTANTINVS P F AVG]; bust r., laur., cuir.
REVERSE	MARTICONSERVATORI [MARTI CONSERVATORI]; Bust of Mars l., helmeted and cuirassed, spear across r. shoulder, shield on l. arm.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED ISSUE. RIC lists similar unmarked issue only for Treveri [TREVERI 877-885; Mars turned r.] (p. 227). Type listed in Cohen (vol. VII, p. 267, no. 330; quoted after A. Banduri, Numismata Imperatorum Romanorum a Trajano Decio ad Palaeologos Augustus, Paris 1718). See also CORRIGENDA, VOL. VI, p. 227. Coin should be listed in RIC before TICINUM 115. See also: TICINUM [before 115], CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED ISSUE [MARTI CONSERVATORI (Mars turned l.)], BUST DR., CUIR.

NOTES

Weight 4.62 g. From: Pierre Bastien, "Folles sans marque émis par Constantin en Italie", Schweizer Münzblatter 93, February 1974, no. 5b. Other specimens: - from: Pierre Bastien, "Folles sans marque émis par Constantin en Italie", Schweizer Münzblatter 93, February 1974, no. 5a; weight 4.43 g [click for picture]; - from FORVM ANCIENT COINS; posted by Varangian; weight 2.70 g; diameter 22-24 mm; bust type not quite certain [click for picture].