RIC VII, ROME, CRISPUS, CONSTANTINE II [VOTA PVBLICA] (Festival of Isis)

OBVERSE	CONSTANTINVSIVNNOBC [CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C]; bust r., laur., cuir.
REVERSE	V-OTAPV-BLI-C-A [VOTA PVBLICA]; Isis std. l., looking r., in galley, supporting sail.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED ISSUE. Specimen belongs to the Festival of Isis coins (tokens), first struck by Diocletian and continued until the 380s. Type of rev. listed for Crispus in Vagi (no. 3437), but neither obv. legend, nor bust is specified. Listed in Alföldi (p. 63, no. 42). See: Lars Ramskold, "A die link study of Constantine’s pagan Festival of Isis tokens and affiliated coin-like ‘fractions’: chronology and relation to major imperial events", Jahrbuch für Numismatik und Geldgeschichte 66, 2016, pp. 157-239.

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Weight 1.48 g; diameter 16 mm. Madrid, Museo Arqueológico Nacional (accession number 2014/59/869).