6-2078

RIC VI, SISCIA [after 94], CONSTANTIUS, UNLISTED ISSUE [VIRTVS AVGG]

  

OBVERSE

CONSTAN-TIV[S]NOBC [CONSTANTIVS NOB C]; bust r., laur., cuir.

REVERSE

VIR[T]V-S-AVGG [VIRTVS AVGG]; Emperor galloping r., spearing fallen enemy.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED ISSUE. Specimen probably belongs to the group of rare unmarked fractions from c. 293-295 (p. 355-357), or to the later group from c. 305 (p. 365-366). In both cases the reader should keep in mind that "the dating and even the attribution of these very rare coins is problematical" (footnote 2 on p. 356) and that all these fractions are "very badly documented" (p. 337). Not listed in King. Coin should be listed after SISCIA 94.

See also:
SISCIA [after 94], DIOCLETIAN, UNLISTED ISSUE [VIRTVS AVGG]
SISCIA [after 94], MAXIMIAN HERCULIUS, UNLISTED ISSUE [VIRTVS AVGG]
SISCIA [after 94], MAXIMIAN HERCULIUS, UNLISTED ISSUE [VIRTVS AVGG]
SISCIA [after 94], MAXIMIAN HERCULIUS, UNLISTED ISSUE [VIRTVS AVGG]
SISCIA [after 94], MAXIMIAN HERCULIUS, UNLISTED ISSUE [VIRTVS AVGG]
SISCIA [after 94], GALERIUS MAXIMIAN, UNLISTED ISSUE [VIRTVS AVGG]

NOTES

Æ fraction. Weight 2.12 g. Sold on Rauch auction 110 (lot 309) in July 2020 for EUR 1,000.


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski