6-217

RIC VI, ANTIOCHIA 105, CONSTANTINE, REVERSE VARIETY

  

OBVERSE

FLVALCONSTANTINVSFILAVG [FL VAL CONSTANTINVS FIL AVG]; head r., laur.

REVERSE

GENIOF-ILAVG [GENIO FIL AVG]; Genius stg. l., modius on head, naked but for chlamys over l. shoulder, r. holding patera (from which liquor flows), l. cornucopiae. Crescent in left field, Є in right field. ANT in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

REVERSE VARIETY. RIC lists this type only with ANT• in mintmark (p. 631). This specimen proves that variant without dot also exists as in the case of ANTIOCHIA 103-104 and ANTIOCHIA 106a-b.

NOTES

From Victor Failmezger's collection (no. 196 in RBC); photo by Doug Smith.

Other specimens:

- specimen sold on eBay in April 2007 for $716; weight 5.29 g; diameter 25 mm [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski