RIC VI, SISCIA [after 59], CONSTANTIUS, UNLISTED FOR RULER

OBVERSE	CONSTAN-TIVSNOBC [CONSTANTIVS NOB C]; head r., laur.
REVERSE	VIRTVSM-ILITVM [VIRTVS MILITVM]; the four princes sacrificing over tripod before archway in seven-turreted enclosure. *SIS in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED FOR RULER. RIC lists this type only for Diocletian (p. 461). General note from p. 442-3: "Once again Constantius is absent from the Sisak hoard (though known elswhere) [...]. The basic type is unchanged - the four princes at sacrifice, as before; Virtus Militum and Victoria Augg, variously broken [...]. The issue, even when allowance is made for the fact that it is the latest in the Sisak hoard (23 coins), seems on other grounds to have been of limited size. Date, c. 295". Note also that two varieties with different rev. legend break exist (S-M and M-I). It could make in RIC VI two separate entries (cf. RIC VI TREVERI 802 and 807 or SISCIA 61 and SISCIA 62). Listed in Gautier Argent (294-312) (p. 429, no. 127). Coin should be listed in RIC after SISCIA 59. See also: SISCIA [after 59], MAXIMIAN HERCULIUS, UNLISTED FOR RULER SISCIA [after 59], MAXIMIAN HERCULIUS, UNLISTED FOR RULER SISCIA [after 59], CONSTANTIUS, UNLISTED FOR RULER SISCIA [after 59], GALERIUS MAXIMIAN, UNLISTED FOR RULER

NOTES

Argenteus. Weight 2.91 g; diameter 17 mm. From the Münzkabinett of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin Collection (reg. no. 18245371). Other specimens: - from Beast Coins; weight 2.73 g; diameter 18-19 mm [click for picture].