Constantine I, 307/310-337. Follis (Silvered bronze, 19 mm, 3.00 g, 12 h), Constantinopolis, 328. Diademed head of Constantine I to right, his eyes raised to heaven.
Rev. CONSTANTINI-ANA DAFNE / CONS Victory seated left on decorated cippus, head turned right, holding laurel branch in her right hand and palm frond in her left; at her feet, shield; to left, trophy; before, captive kneeling left, head turned right; in field to left, Z. RIC -. Extremely rare. Some traces of corrosion
, otherwise, good fine.
From the collection of Dr. L. Ramskold, ex Hirsch 298, 7 May 2014, 783, Naumann E-Auction 10, 1 December 2013, 729 and Gorny & Mosch 196, 7 March 2011, 2987.
Although not included in RIC VII, the anepigraphic 'DAFNE' type has been long known, and it was formally described by Speck & Huston in 1992. Since then, Ramskold, Constantine's SPES PVBLIC coins (2020a, see p. 243, Table 2), revised the Dafne emissions. The first emission of 'CONSTANTINIANA DAFNE' coins was struck in all seven officinae and included three obverse types: 1) anepigraphic with eyes to heaven, 2) diademed head with legend, and 3) eyes to heaven with legend. The two first types are very rare, whereas the third type is fairly common.
