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Nummus - Constans GLORIA EXERCITVS, Antioch
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint, Antioch |
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| Year | 337-347 |
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| Weight | 1.7 g |
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| Obverse description | Bare-necked bust of Emperor Constans facing right, wearing a pearl diadem composed of two rows of beads with a central rosette, the hair rendered in fine parallel striations swept back from the forehead. The effigy is draped and cuirassed, with a paludamentum visible at the truncation. The obverse legend CONST-ANS AVG runs along the beaded border, identifying the emperor as Augustus. |
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| Reverse description | Two helmeted, draped, and cuirassed soldiers stand facing one another, each holding an inverted spear in the outer hand and resting the inner hand upon a grounded shield; between them rises a single legionary standard. Two pellets appear in the upper field flanking the standard. The mint signature and officina letter are placed in the exergue. The reverse legend GLOR-IA EXERC-ITVS encircles the design within a beaded border, proclaiming the glory of the army. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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