RIC VI, NICOMEDIA 70c, CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED FOR RULER, OFFICINA G

 

OBVERSE

IMPCFLVALCONSTANTINVSPFAVG [IMP C FL VAL CONSTANTINVS P F AVG]; head r., laur.

REVERSE

VIRTVTIE-XERCITVS [VIRTVTI EXERCITVS]; Virtus [properly Mars] advancing r. in military dress, r. holding transverse spear, l. shield and trophy over shoulder. G in right field. SMN in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED FOR RULER. RIC lists this type only for Licinius and Maximinus (p. 566). General note about this issue from p. 551: "Virtuti Exercitus both appear for Licinius and Maximinus, emissions for the former being the more scarce: coinage for Constantine is extremely rare. [...] Date, c. 311". Coin should be listed as NICOMEDIA 70c. See also: NICOMEDIA 70c, CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED FOR RULER, OFFICINA A and NICOMEDIA 70c, CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED FOR RULER, OFFICINA B.

NOTES

Coin for sale on eBay in May 2004 but "the seller ended this listing early because of an error in the listing".


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski