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Light Miliarensis - Constans TRIVMFATOR GENTIVM BARBARARVM, Thessalonica
| Issuer | Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD) |
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| Year | 340-350 |
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| Value | Milariensis (1⁄12) |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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| Mintage | ND (340-350) - TES |
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The TRIVMFATOR GENTIVM BARBARARVM ("Triumphator over barbarian peoples") title was claimed by Constans following his Danubian campaigns of the mid-340s, during which he crossed the frozen Rhine in winter to campaign personally against the Franks — an episode unusual enough that contemporaries, including Libanius, remarked on it. The light miliarensis itself was a denomination introduced under Constantine I as part of a broader silver coinage reform, sitting below the heavier miliarensis and intended primarily for donatives and military pay rather than everyday exchange.
The Thessalonica mint was one of the more active eastern workshops under Constans, particularly after the death of Constantine II in 340 left him sole ruler of the western provinces and in need of sustained military expenditure.