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Follis - Constantius II GLORIA EXERCITVS, Barbarous imitation
| Issuer | Uncertain barbarous city |
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| Year | 337-348 |
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| Diameter | 14 mm |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Two helmeted soldiers standing facing one another, each grasping a reversed spear in the outer hand and resting the inner hand upon a large shield set at their side. A single legionary standard is placed between them, its staff inscribed with the letter M. The composition closely imitates the official GLORIA EXERCITVS type but is rendered with simplified, imprecise workmanship. A mintmark appears in the exergue, imitating the Trier (TRP) officina mark of the prototype. |
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Barbarous imitations of the GLORIA EXERCITVS type flooded the northwestern provinces during the 340s, filling a genuine shortage of small bronze coinage as the official mints struggled to supply frontier regions. These pieces were almost certainly struck locally — likely in Britain or northern Gaul — by unofficial workshops that copied official dies with decreasing fidelity across successive generations. RIC VIII 108 anchors the prototype to the Thessalonica mint, making this particular imitation's geographic distance from its model all the more telling.
The 14 mm diameter places it among the smaller, later imitations, consistent with the progressive fabric degradation seen as the GLORIA EXERCITVS type aged into the Constans-Constantius II coregency period.