RIC VI, NICOMEDIA 74c, CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED OFFICINA Δ

OBVERSE	IMPCFLVALCONSTANTINVSPFAVG [IMP C FL VAL CONSTANTINVS P F AVG]; head r., laur.
REVERSE	GENIOA-V-GVSTI [GENIO AVGVSTI]; Genius stg. l., modius on head, naked but for chlamys over l. shoulder, r. holding patera (from which liquor flows), l. cornucopiae; to l. altar. Star over Δ in right field. SMN in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED OFFICINA - Δ. RIC lists for this type only officina A, B and ς (p. 567). General note from p. 551: "Genio Augusti is again shared between the three colleagues, though Constantine is rare [...] Date, c. 312 (later)". See also: NICOMEDIA 74c, CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED OFFICINA Γ NICOMEDIA 74c, CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED OFFICINA Є NICOMEDIA 74c, CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED OFFICINA Z

NOTES

Weight 3.72 g; diameter 20 mm. Coin sold on Naville Numismatics Live Auction 58 (lot 737) in June 2020 for GBP 65. Other specimens: - sold on Savoca Numismatik 12th blue auction, session II (lot 1869) in November 2018 for EUR 28; weight 5.58 g; diameter 20 mm [click for picture]; - sold on eBay in January 2006 for USD 45.15; diameter 21.8 mm [click for picture]; - from the Rafael Alcover Robles Collection; weight 6.22 g; diameter 22 mm [click for picture]; - from: Jules Maurice, "Classification Chronologique des Émissions Monétaires de l'Atelier de Nicomédie pendant la Période Constantinienne", Numismatic Chronicle Fourth Series, vol. III, 1903, pl. VI, no. 8 (incorrect description on p. 231) [click for picture].