RIC VI, NICOMEDIA 75, CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED FOR RULER, OFFICINA D

 

OBVERSE

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

REVERSE

HERCVLI-VICTORI [HERCVLI VICTORI]; Hercules stg. r., r. behind back, l. leaning on club covered by lion's skin. Star over D in left field. SMN in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED FOR RULER. RIC lists this type only for Maximinus (p. 567). General note about this issue from p. 551: "Herculi Victori (common) [...] appear[s] only for Maximinus [...] Date, c. 312 (later)". Coin should be listed after NICOMEDIA 75. See also: NICOMEDIA 75, CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED FOR RULER, OFFICINA Î and NICOMEDIA 75, MAXIMINUS, UNLISTED OFFICINA.

NOTES

Coin sold on eBay in January 2006 for $34.78 (two coins in lot).


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski