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Follis - Constantius II VICTORIA AVGG, Siscia
| Issuer | Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD) |
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| Year | 342 |
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| Value | Follis (1⁄180) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Victory advancing left, depicted in flowing robes, holding a wreath extended in her right hand and a palm branch in her left. A chi-rho Christogram monogram appears prominently in the left field, reflecting the Constantinian dynasty's adoption of Christian symbolism on imperial coinage. The reverse legend VICTORIA AVGG encircles the type, referring to the victories of the two Augusti. The exergue carries the mintmark SIS, preceded by an officina letter (A, B, Г, Δ, or E), identifying production at the Siscia mint. |
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By 342, the western mint at Siscia was producing reduced-weight folles under Constantius II following the monetary reforms that had progressively shrunk the coin's size since Diocletian's original large follis. The VICTORIA AVGG legend — with its plural emperors — reflects the joint rule of Constantius II and his brother Constans, who had divided the empire after the death of Constantine I in 337 and the violent elimination of their other brothers and nephews in the months that followed.
RIC VIII 176 is among the more frequently encountered Siscia issues of the period, surviving in reasonably consistent numbers given the mint's high output during these years.