RIC VII, ROME, CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED ISSUE [VOTA PVBLICA] (Festival of Isis)

OBVERSE	CONSTAN-TINVSAVG [CONSTANTINVS AVG]; head r., laur.
REVERSE	VO-T-APVB-LICA [VOTA PVBLICA]; Isis std. l., in galley, supporting sail.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED ISSUE. Specimen belongs to the Festival of Isis coins (tokens), first struck by Diocletian and continued until the 380s. Type of rev. listed for Constantine I in Vagi (no. 3424), but neither obv. legend, nor bust is specified. Listed in Alföldi (p. 61, no. 20). See: Lars Ramskold, "A die link study of Constantine’s pagan Festival of Isis tokens and affiliated coin-like ‘fractions’: chronology and relation to major imperial events", Jahrbuch für Numismatik und Geldgeschichte 66, 2016, pp. 157-239.

NOTES

Weight 1.31 g. From the British Museum Collection (reg. no. B.2635). Other specimens: - from "Token Specimens from the Ancient Mediterranean"; Bricault & Mondello specimen no. E35.3; weight 1.41 g; diameter 15 mm [click for picture].