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Follis - Constantius II GLORIA EXERCITVS, Antioch
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint, Antioch |
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| Year | 337-341 |
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| Value | Follis (1⁄180) |
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| Reverse description | Two helmeted soldiers standing facing one another, each clad in military attire and resting on a spear or standard, flanking a single legionary standard surmounted by a chi-rho christogram placed on a long staff. The reverse legend GLOR-IA EXERC-ITVS, proclaiming the Glory of the Army, is divided around the upper field. The mint mark SMANBI appears in the exergue, identifying this issue as the product of the twelfth officina of the Antioch mint. |
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| Mintage | ND (337-341) SMANBI - 12th officina |
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Constantius II inherited the eastern empire following the dynastic massacre of 337 AD, in which most of his male relatives were killed by soldiers — likely with his tacit approval, though he never admitted involvement. The GLORIA EXERCITVS type with two soldiers flanking two standards had already been introduced under Constantine I as a deliberate unification motif, binding army loyalty to the imperial image during a period of increasingly fractured command.
By the time Antioch struck this reduced-module issue, the earlier single-standard variant was already superseding it across most mints. RIC VIII 49 places this firmly in the transitional phase.