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Follis - Theodosius I SALVS REIPVBLICAE, Cyzicus
| Issuer | Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD) |
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| Year | 388-392 |
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| Value | Follis (1⁄180) |
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| Reverse description | Victory advancing left, holding a trophy over her shoulder with her right hand and dragging a bound captive with her left, a composition emblematic of imperial military triumph. A Christogram (staurogram, ☧) appears in the left field, reflecting the Christian symbolism increasingly prominent on late Roman coinage. The reverse legend SALVS REIPVBLICAE — 'the salvation of the state' — encircles the design, while the mint mark appears in the exergue identifying the issuing officina at Cyzicus. |
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| Mintage | ND (388-392) SMKA - Cyzicus, 1st officina - ND (388-392) SMKB - Cyzicus, 2nd officina - ND (388-392) SMKΓ - Cyzicus, 3rd officina - ND (388-392) SMKΔ - Cyzicus, 4th officina (photo) - |
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Theodosius I issued the SALVS REIPVBLICAE folles series following his decisive victory over the usurper Magnus Maximus in 388 AD — the same campaign that reunited the eastern and western halves of the empire under a single emperor for the last time before his death in 395. The Cyzicus mint, operating on the Propontis in modern northwestern Turkey, was one of several eastern mints ramped up to fund military operations during this period of intense usurpation and civil war.
RIC IX 26b places this among the smaller fractional bronze issues of the late fourth century, struck at a dramatically reduced module compared to the original Diocletianic follis.