7-1296

RIC VII, ARLES [after 317], CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED ISSUE [D N CONSTANTINI...]

  

OBVERSE

CONSTAN-TINVSAVG [CONSTANTINVS AVG]; head r., laur.

REVERSE

DNCONSTANTINIMAXAVG [D N CONSTANTINI MAX AVG] VOT/XXX in laurel wreath. SF•ARP in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED ISSUE. This type was struck for Constantine's vicennalia at Rome, Ticinum and Heraclea. Bruun notes that "Constantine celebrated his vicennalia twice, on 25 July 325 in Nicomedia and on the same day a year later in Rome" (footnote 2 on p. 57). Possibly the last issue minted in Arelate before the town changed its name to Constantina. Coin should be listed after Arles 317.

NOTES

Weight 3.0 g; diameter 19.2 mm; die axis 12h. Coin found at Barton upon Humber UK and sold on eBay. Now in the Charles Geddes Collection.


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski