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Ancient Roman Coinage of Constantine II ~ Constantine the Great
ROMAN EMPIRE
CONSTANTINE II
as Caesar 316-337 AD
Son of and under
CONSTANTINE the Great
as Augustus
AE3 Follis / BI Nummis. 18mm 2.51g.
Trier mint, Struck c. 330-331 A.D.
Struck under CONSTANTINE II as Caesar, and his father Constantine "the Great" as Emperor.
Obverse: CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C, laureate, cuirassed bust of Constantine II, seen full frontally with head right.
Reverse: GLOR-IA EXERC-ITVS ([the] Glory of the Army), two soldiers standing
facing, heads turned towards each other, both with inverted spear
in outer hand, inner hand on grounded shield; two Military standards between
them; TRS• (TRier S [Secunda=2nd officina] pellet [control mark]) mint mark in exergue. This earlier type features two Military Standards--later issues only had one.
Ref. RIC VII 527.
RIC
(Roman Imperial Coinage) is the general abbreviation for the set of 13
volumes of identification catalogs of Roman coins. RIC is the definitive
/ world standard scholarly reference.
AU dark/medium olive brown patina.
Gorgeous Coin, attractive portrait, large flan with unusually wide margins.
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