RIC VII, ROME, CONSTANTINE II, UNLISTED ISSUE [VOTA PVBLICA] (Festival of Isis)

OBVERSE	CONSTANTINVSIVNNOBC [CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C]; bust r., laur., dr., cuir.
REVERSE	VOTAP-VBLICA [VOTA PVBLICA]; Isis std. l., holding sistrum in raised r. hand and situla in l. hand.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED ISSUE. Specimen belongs to the Festival of Isis coins (tokens), first struck by Diocletian and continued until the 380s. Type of rev. listed for Constantine II in Vagi (no. 3437), but neither obv. legend, nor bustis specified. Listed in Alföldi (p. 63, no. 40). See: Lars Ramskold, "A die link study of Constantine’s pagan Festival of Isis tokens and affiliated coin-like ‘fractions’: chronology and relation to major imperial events", Jahrbuch für Numismatik und Geldgeschichte 66, 2016, pp. 157-239.

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Weight 1.79 g; diameter 15 mm. Bricault & Mondello specimen no. E40.1. Coin sold on Berk auction in May 2014 for USD 850. Ex Lars Ramskold. Sold on Leu Numismatik web auction 25 (lot 3239) in March 2023 for CHF 900.