RIC VI, THESSALONICA 50b, CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED OFFICINA SIGMA

OBVERSE	CONSTANTINVSPFAVG [CONSTANTINVS P F AVG]; head r., laur.
REVERSE	IOVICONSE-RVATORI [IOVI CONSERVATORI]; Jupiter stg. facing, head l., chlamys hanging from l. shoulder, r. holding globe, l. leaning on sceptre. Wreath in left field, ς in right field. •SM•TS• in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED OFFICINA - ς. Officina ς is not attested for this issue. General note from p. 507: "Officinae are reduced from six to five in an issue which, with sharp lose of weight, shows the wreath which anticipates Licinius' quinquennalia. The sole type is Iovi Conservatori, again struck in quantity and from all officinae for all three colleagues. Licinius momentarily employs the full (quinquennalian) legend Imp C Val Lic ... P F Aug. Date, c. 312, earlier". Apparently, officinae were reduced to five not until the next issue.

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Weight 5.26 g; diameter 25 mm. Coin sold on Roma Numismatics eSale 5 (lot 875) in February 2014 for GBP 60.