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Nummus - Constans I FEL TEMP REPARATIO, Siscia
| Issuer | Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD) |
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| Year | 348-350 |
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| Value | Nummus (1⁄7200) |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing bust of Emperor Constans I, pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed, rendered in the late Roman imperial style characteristic of the Constantinian period. The emperor's effigy displays a string of pearls across the diadem, with finely detailed paludamentum and lorica segmentata visible at the shoulder and chest. The bust is set within a circular field bordered by the surrounding legend. The portrait conveys imperial authority through its commanding profile and careful detailing of the military dress. |
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| Mintage | ND (348-350) - 1st Officina (ASIS) - ND (348-350) - 2nd Officina (BSIS) - ND (348-350) - 3rd Officina (ΓSIS) - ND (348-350) - 4th Officina (ΔSIS) - ND (348-350) - 5th Officina (∈SIS) - |
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The FEL TEMP REPARATIO ("happy times are here again") coinage was launched in 348 AD as part of a massive empire-wide issue celebrating the 1100th anniversary of Rome's founding. Constans had secured sole control of the western provinces after defeating his brother Constantine II in 340, and this jubilee series was partly a vehicle for projecting that consolidated authority. The Siscia mint, operating in what is now Sisak, Croatia, was one of the most productive western mints of the period.
Constans himself was dead within months of this issue's end date, killed in January 350 during the usurpation of Magnentius.