RIC VI, ANTIOCHIA 118b, CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED OFFICINA EPSILON

6-047

RIC VI, ANTIOCHIA 118b, CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED OFFICINA Є

OBVERSE

FLVALCONSTANTINVSNOBCAES [FL VAL CONSTANTINVS NOB CAES]; head r., laur.

REVERSE

GENIOCA-ESARIS* [GENIO CAESARIS*]; Genius stg. l., modius on head, naked but for chlamys over l. shoulder, r. holding patera (from which liquor flows), l. cornucopiae. Altar in left field, Є in right field. ANT in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED OFFICINA - Є. RIC lists for this type only officina I [rarity R2] (p. 633). General note about this issue from p. 607: "Constantine, now Nob Caes, shares Genio Caesaris* on rare coins".

NOTES

From the Rick Morton Collection.
Other specimens:

- specimen sold on eBay in January 2005 for $144.69 [click for picture];
- specimen sold on eBay in March 2010 for $24.99; weight 5.50 g; diameter 24-25 mm [click for picture].