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

 

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. B 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 G.

NOTES

Coin sold on eBay on April 2006 for $87.


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski