RIC VI, NICOMEDIA [after 70b], CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED FOR RULER, OFFICINA Α

OBVERSE	IMPCFLVALCONSTANTINVSPFAVG [IMP C FL VAL CONSTANTINVS P F AVG]; head r., laur.
REVERSE	VIRTVTIE-XERCITVS [VIRTVTI EXERCITVS]; Virtus [actually Mars] advancing r. in military dress, r. holding transverse spear, l. shield and trophy over shoulder. Α in right field. SMN in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED FOR RULER. RIC lists this type only for Licinius and Maximinus (p. 566). General note about this issue from p. 551: "Iovi Conservatori and Virtuti Exercitus both appear for Licinius and Maximinus, emissions for the former being the more scarce: coinage for Constantine is extremely rare. [...] Date, c. 311". Coin should be listed after NICOMEDIA 70b. See also: NICOMEDIA 70a, LICINIUS, UNLISTED OFFICINA Α NICOMEDIA 70a, LICINIUS, UNLISTED OFFICINA Γ NICOMEDIA [after 70b], CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED FOR RULER, OFFICINA B NICOMEDIA [after 70b], CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED FOR RULER, OFFICINA Γ

NOTES

Weight 4.4 g; diameter 22-23 mm. Coin sold on eBay in October 2008 for $125.05. Ex Victor Clark Collection. Another specimen sold on eBay in February 2006 for $62; weight 4.0 g; diameter 22 mm [click for picture].