Description: Obverse: Head of Constantine, wearing laurel wreath, facing r. Reverse: Genius, naked but cloaked, wearing modius, standing facing l., holding bust of Serapis, wearing modius and facing r., in r. and cornucopia in l., with branch at feet, to l.; * N A in field, to top l., bottom l., and mid r. respectively.
Inscriptions: Obverse: FL VALER CONSTANTINVS P F AVG (Flavius Valerius Constantine Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: CENIO AVCVSTI (To the Genius of the Emperor). In Exergue: ΠLE
Bibliography: RIC VI 161
Notes: According to RIC, the [A]LE in the exergue of the reverse and * N A (anticlockwise) in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officinae) indicating Alexandria.
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