RIC VI, HERACLEA [after 22], CONSTANTIUS, UNLISTED FOR RULER

OBVERSE	FLVALCONSTANTIVSNOBCAES [FL VAL CONSTANTIVS NOB CAES]; bust r., rad., cuir.
REVERSE	CONCORDIAMILI-TVM [CONCORDIA MILITVM]; prince stg. r. in military dress receiving small Victory on globe from Jupiter stg. l., l. leaning on sceptre. Hς in middle field
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED FOR RULER. RIC lists this issue only for the Augusti: Diocletian and Maximian Herculius (p. 532). Footnote 1 on p. 531 reads as follows: "It seems probable that the production of fractions falls into two stages: officinae A to Є strike for the Caesars, but never ς, though ς strikes for the Augusti, and it therefore looks as if the Caesars are included in the first phase (even though they are absent from the first follis issue), but not in the second". This hypothesis is briefly repeated in footnote 1 on p. 532, but the existence of specimens from officina ς struck for Constantius and Galerius Maximian makes it pointless. Coin should be listed after HERACLEA 22. See also: HERACLEA [after 22], GALERIUS MAXIMIAN, UNLISTED FOR RULER

NOTES

Fraction. Weight 3.00 g; diameter 21 mm. The Gabriel N. Collection. Other specimens: - specimen sold on eBay in September 2007 for $27.06; weight 2.1 g; diameter 20 mm [click for picture]; - specimen sold on Compagnie Générale de Bourse auction in June 2006 for EUR 231; weight 4.08 g; diameter 21 mm [click for picture].