Nummus - Constans FEL TEMP REPARATIO, Nicomedia

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.