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RIC VI, NICOMEDIA 71c, CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED OFFICINA Є
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OBVERSE
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IMPCFLVALCONSTANTINVSPFAVG [IMP C FL VAL CONSTANTINVS P F AVG]; head r., laur.
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REVERSE
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GENIOA-VGVSTI [GENIO AVGVSTI]; Genius stg. l., modius on head, naked but for chlamys over l. shoulder, r. holding patera (from which liquor flows), l. cornucopiae; to l. altar. Є in right field. SMN in exergue.
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NOT IN RIC
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UNLISTED OFFICINA - Є. RIC lists for this type officinae Α, Β and Γ (p. 566). General note about this issue from p. 551: "All three colleagues share all three types-Genio Augusti in two varieties [...] Date, c. 312 (earlier)".
See also:
NICOMEDIA 71c, CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED OFFICINA Δ
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NOTES
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Weight 5.01 g; diameter 19.90-21.15 mm. From author's collection.
Other specimens:
- specimen sold on eBay in March 2005 for $70.00; weight 4.22 g; diameter 22 mm [click for picture];
- specimen from Jerry Scoppa's collection; weight 4.31 g; diameter 20.9 mm [click for picture];
- specimen sold on eBay in May 2005 for $22.96; weight 3.9 g; diameter 21 mm [click for picture];
- specimen sold on eBay in June 2007 for $60.49 [click for picture].
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