Constantine I., Siscia mint, Pseudo-Argenteus, RIC 82, new officina.

[Arminius]

Reviewing my Siscia plates assembled 1-3 decades ago i found this remarkable issue that should be posted on this forum:

http://www.arminius-numismatics.com/coppermine1414/cpg1414/albums/userpics/10001/normal_5415st.jpg

Constantinus I (Constantine), Siscia mint, officina 2, 319 AD.,
Pseudo-Argenteus (ø 19-20 mm / 3,03 g), billion, axis about coin alignment ↑↓ (ca. 190°),
Obv.: IMP CONSTANT - INVS AVG , cuirassed bust of Constantine left wearing high crested helmet with two stars and holding shield and spear; on shield, horseman galloping r. (over enemy?) - buste casqué (avec haut cimier) et cuirassé à gauche tenant une lance par dessus son épaule et un bouclier orné d’un cavalier allant à droite.
Rev.: VICTORIAE LAETAE PRINC PERP / VOT / PR // • B SIS • , two Victories holding shield inscribed VOT / PR over altar decorated by a dot, • B SIS • in exergue - 2 victoires debout face a face tenant entre elles une couronne inscrite VOT PR sur un cippe décoré d'un grand •, • B SIS • à l’exergue.
cf. RIC VII, p. 434, no. 82 (only offficina A, officina B not listed, R5 for officina A) ; type missing on http://www.nummus-bible-database.com .

(for some unknown reason i can not insert the image - so i inserted the link)

regards 

[Victor]

Nice example. This coin is not RIC 82, but is actually a series that is not listed in RIC at all. I have an example on my VLPP page, attached below. From the mintmark, this coin could be RIC 84, but it has the long reverse legend while 84 has short legend ( VICTORIAE versus VICT.) There was one example, also from officina B, of this type in the Bikic-Do hoard, # 121.

Jean-Pierre Callu's analysis of the Bikic-Do hoard appeared in Sirmium VIII. Études de Numismatique Danubienne: Trésors, Lingots, Imitations. Monnaies de Fouilles IV au XII Siècle (Rome: Ecole  francaise de Rome, 1978), which was edited by Noël Duval and Vladislav Popovic.

second coin below is another example that sold in 2013

here is a link to Lech's "Not in RIC" page with several more examples--

http://www.notinric.lechstepniewski.info/7sis61v.html

[Arminius]

Thanks Victor,

i appreciate such qualified responses very much.