6-3218

RIC VI, SISCIA [after 200b], CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED BUST TYPE, OFFICINA Γ

  

OBVERSE

CONSTANTINVSFIL•AVGG [CONSTANTINVS FIL • AVGG]; head r., laur., with drapery on l. shoulder.

REVERSE

GENIOAV-GVSTI [GENIO AVGVSTI]; Genius stg. l., modius on head, naked but for chlamys over l. shoulder, r. holding patera, l. cornucopiae. Crescent in left field, Γ in right field. SIS in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED BUST TYPE. Specimen similar to SISCIA 200b except for trace of drapery on l. shoulder (sometimes hardly visible). Variety not attested in RIC. Coin should be listed after SISCIA 200b.

See also:
SISCIA [after 200b], CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED BUST TYPE, OFFICINA A

NOTES

Weight 6.76 g; diameter 25 mm. Sold on Priapus Numismatics auction 12 (lot 801) in December 2025 for GBP 5.

Other specimens:

- from the American Numismatic Society Collection (reg. no. 1984.146.1012); weight 6.18 g; diameter 24.5 mm [click for picture];

- sold on CNG eAuction 233 (lot 423) in May 2020 for USD 90; weight 5.88 g; diameter 25mm; rev. legend breaks A-V-G; no dot in obv. legend [click for picture];

- from Hirsch auction 284 (lot 3042), September 2012; no dot in obv. legend [click for picture];

- sold on Rauch auction 94 (lot 1338) in April 2014 for EUR 90; weight 5.48 g; no dot in obv. legend [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski