RIC VI, SISCIA 61, CONSTANTIUS, UNLISTED FOR RULER

 

OBVERSE

CONSTAN-TIVSNOBC [CONSTANTIVS NOB C]; head r., laur.

REVERSE

VIRTVS-MILITVM [VIRTVS MILITVM]; the four princes sacrificing over tripod before archway in six-turreted enclosure. *SIS in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED FOR RULER. RIC lists this type only for Diocletian, Maximian Herculius and Galerius Maximian (p. 461). General note about this issue from p. 442-3: "Once again Constantius is absent from the Sisak hoard (though known elswhere) [...]. The basic type is unchanged - the four princes at sacrifice, as before; Virtus Militum and Victoria Augg, variously broken [...]. The issue, even when allowance is made for the fact that it is the latest in the Sisak hoard (23 coins), seems on other grounds to have been of limited size. Date, c. 295". Coin should be listed before SISCIA 61.

NOTES

Argenteus, weight 2.59 g. From NUMISMATIK LANZ site. Another specimen sold in October 2004 for $198; weight 3.30 g [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski