RIC VII, CONSTANTINOPLE [before 29], CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED OBVERSE, OFFICINA Є

OBVERSE	ANEPIGRAPHIC (no legend); head r. with rosette-diadem, looking upwards.
REVERSE	CONSTANTINI-ANADAFNE [CONSTANTINIANA DAFNE]; Victory std. l. on cippus, palm branch in each hand, looking r.; trophy in front, at the foot of which kneeling captive turning head, spurned by Victory. Є in left field. CONS in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED OBVERSE - ANEPIGRAPHIC. RIC does not list an anepigraphic obverse for this type. Note from Victor Clark's page: "This type was not known until 1989. According to R.S. Speck and Stephen M. Huston, Constantine's Dafne Coinage at Constantinople, San Francisco 1992, note 8, there were three specimens of this coin in the Bankhaus H. Aufhaeuser Munich auctions 7, 1990, 777; 8, 1991, 704; and 9, 1992, 522. Two of these coins were officina A and one was officina S, so this one with officina Є is a new variant of this extremely rare type. Speck and Huston placed this type with the other 'raised eyes' type for chronology but speculated that these coins could have been for special presentation pieces". Coin should be listed before CONSTANTINOPLE 29. See also: CONSTANTINOPLE [before 29], CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED OBVERSE, OFFICINA Α CONSTANTINOPLE [before 29], CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED OBVERSE, OFFICINA Β CONSTANTINOPLE [before 29], CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED OBVERSE, OFFICINA Δ CONSTANTINOPLE [before 29], CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED OBVERSE, OFFICINA ς CONSTANTINOPLE [before 29], CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED OBVERSE, OFFICINA Ζ

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Weight 2.35 g; diameter 19 mm. Coin sold on VAuctions in May 2009 for $355. Ex Victor Clark Collection.