6-3132

RIC VI, NICOMEDIA 56, CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED OFFICINA ς

  

OBVERSE

FLVALCONSTANTINVSFILAVG [FL VAL CONSTANTINVS FIL AVG]; head r., laur.

REVERSE

GENIOCA-ESARISCMH [GENIO CAESARIS CMH (ligature)]; Genius stg. l., modius on head, naked but chlamys over l. shoulder and falls low, r. holding patera (from which liquor flows), l. cornucopiae. SMNς in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED OFFICINA - ς. RIC lists officinae B and Γ (p. 562). Note that officina ς is not attested in RIC before the elevation of Constantine to Augustus.

NOTES

Weight 7.79 g. Coin sold on Numismatica Varesi auction 62 (lot 161) in April 2013 for EUR 280.

Other specimens:

- from FORVM ANCIENT COINS; posted by [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski