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Nummus - Constans FEL TEMP REPARATIO, Nicomedia
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint, Nicomedia |
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| Year | 348-351 |
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| Weight | 4.88 g |
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| Obverse lettering | D N CONSTA-NS P F AVG (Translation: Our Lord Constans pious successful emperor.) |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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The FEL TEMP REPARATIO ("happy times are here again") series was launched under Constantius II and Constans in 348 AD to mark the 1100th anniversary of Rome's founding — an enormous propaganda campaign executed simultaneously across nearly every mint in the empire. Nicomedia, as one of the eastern imperial capitals and a major administrative center since Diocletian, was among the heaviest contributors to the issue.
The specific reverse type catalogued under RIC VIII 64 belongs to the "fallen horseman" subtype, in which a Roman soldier spears a dismounted barbarian — a scene minted in staggering quantities until Constans' murder in 350 AD cut production short at the western mints.