RIC VII, AQUILEIA 81, CONSTANTINE I, [CORRECTION]

OBVERSE	IMPCONSTANTINVSPFAVG [IMP CONSTANTINVS P F AVG]; bust l., rad., cuir., r. holding spear across r. shoulder.
REVERSE	VOTAORBISETV-RBISSENETPR [VOTA ORBIS ET VRBIS SEN ET P R]; circular cippus with vota [XX/XXX/MVL/FEL] (?) set on square basis. Stars in fields (?). [AQS] (?) in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	[CORRECTION]. This specimen from Berlin is listed in RIC with bust type L5 l. but actually it has bust not attested in RIC VII; similar to bust type G2 l. except for radiate crown instead of laurel wreath. Note also Bruun's thorough, albeit a bit strange, commentary in footnote 83 on p. 403: "This bust has usually been interpreted as rad. with spear across r. shoulder (Gnecchi i, p. 59, no. 27; cf. also Cohen 718 with an erroneous reference to P). That would have been a unique Constantinian obv. bust. The bust L5 l., however, was fairly frequent on gold multiples before and after Civil War II, and in addition was obviously designed for the two Vota orbis types, as the obvv. of Crispus and Constantine II prove (see list above). The obv. is so worn that the raised hand can well be thought to have held a spear, though nothing of the spear can be seen". In fact, rather rev. is so worn that the inscription on cippus and m.m. are completely illegible.

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AR medallion. Weight 5.62 g; diameter 26 mm. From the Münzkabinett of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin Collection (reg. no. 18206263).