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Follis - Constantius II SPES REIPVBLICE, Siscia
| Issuer | Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD) |
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| Year | 355-361 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Mint | ASIS, Siscia (modern-day Sisak, Croatia) |
| Mintage | ND (355-361) ASIS//* - 1st officina - ND (355-361) BSIS//* - 2nd officina - ND (355-361) ΓSIS//* - 3rd officina - ND (355-361) ΔSIS//* - 4th officina - |
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Constantius II issued the SPES REIPVBLICE follis series during the final stretch of his reign, a period consumed by civil war against the usurper Magnentius and then the rising threat of his cousin Julian. Siscia — modern Sisak in Croatia — was one of the western mints that ramped up production through this period to supply troops on the Danube frontier. The mint had been retaken from Magnentius only in 351 after the Battle of Mursa Major, one of the bloodiest engagements of the entire fourth century, and resumed Constantinian output almost immediately after.
RIC VIII 398 is among the commoner Siscia issues of the type, reflecting sustained production across multiple officinae.