RIC VI, OSTIA [after 78], CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED REVERSE TYPE, BUST TYPE B, OFFICINA Q

OBVERSE	IMPCCONSTANTINVSPFAVG [IMP C CONSTANTINVS P F AVG]; bust r., laur., cuir.
REVERSE	GENIOP-OPROM [GENIO POP ROM]; Genius stg. r., looking l., modius on head, naked but for chlamys over l. shoulder, r. holding patera and sacrificing over tripod altar, l. cornucopiae. MOSTQ in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED REVERSE TYPE. RIC lists only issue with Genius stg. l. [OSTIA 73-78] and without tripod altar to l. (p. 408). However, Sutherland mentions in footnote 3 on p. 408 that "Maur. [Maurice, Numismatique constantinienne] i, p. 284 (type II) cites from Voett. a doubtful coin with tripod in field to l.". Coin should be listed in RIC after OSTIA 78. See also: OSTIA [after 78], CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED REVERSE TYPE, BUST TYPE B, OFFICINA S OSTIA [after 78], CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED REVERSE TYPE, BUST TYPE B, OFFICINA T OSTIA [after 78], CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED REVERSE TYPE, BUST TYPE C OSTIA [after 78], CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED REVERSE TYPE, BUST TYPE D OSTIA [after 78], MAXIMINUS, UNLISTED REVERSE TYPE OSTIA [after 78], LICINIUS, UNLISTED REVERSE TYPE

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Weight 3.80 g; diameter 21 mm. Coin sold on eBay in November 2014 for EUR 153 [Thanks to the collaboration of Tomasz Speier].