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Follis - Constantius II as Caesar PROVIDENTIAE CAESS, Nicomedia
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 324-325 |
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| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
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| Obverse lettering | FL IVL CONSTANTIVS NOB C (Translation: Flavius Julius Constantius, Noble Caesar) |
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| Mintage | ND (324-325) - 1st officina (SMNA) - ND (324-325) - 2nd officina (SMNB) - ND (324-325) - 4th officina (SMNΔ) - |
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Constantius II received the title of Caesar in November 324, immediately after his father Constantine I defeated Licinius at the Battle of Chrysopolis — the final confrontation that reunified the empire under a single ruler. This coin's mint city, Nicomedia, had been Licinius's imperial capital, and its workshops were absorbed into Constantinian production almost at once. The PROVIDENTIAE CAESS reverse type was a deliberate propagandistic choice, asserting dynastic foresight and imperial continuity at precisely the moment Constantine was reorganizing the eastern mints he had just seized.