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Nummus - Constans I GLORIA EXERCITVS, Treveri
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint, Treveri (Trier) |
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| Year | 335-337 |
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| Currency | Solidus, Reform of Constantine (AD 310/324 – 395) |
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| Obverse description | Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Constans I facing right, rendered in the standard late Roman imperial portrait style. The effigy displays the characteristic youthful features of Constans as Caesar, with a radiate crown of laurel leaves. The legend encircles the bust in a continuous arc from lower left to lower right, identifying the prince by his full titulature. The field shows the typical flat, compact fabric of a late Constantinian nummus struck at Treveri. |
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| Obverse lettering | FL IVL CONSTANS NOB CAES (Translation: Flavius Julius Constans Most Noble Caesar.) |
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The GLORIA EXERCITVS ("glory of the army") type was introduced across all western mints around 333 AD as a deliberate propaganda gesture by Constantine I, presenting his sons — Constans among them — as heirs to a unified military. The two-standard variant struck at Treveri gives way to a single-standard type around 335, a change that coincides almost exactly with the death of Crispus and the consolidation of the succession. Treveri was one of the most productive western mints of the late Constantinian period, its output traceable through the distinctive TR mintmark combinations.