Nummus - Constantine II CAESARVM NOSTRORVM, VOT V, Thessalonica

Struck at Thessalonica during a period when Constantine I was actively grooming his sons as future co-rulers, this votive issue commemorates Constantine II's completion of five years as Caesar — a rank he had held since 317 AD when he was less than a year old. The VOT V formula was not merely ceremonial; votive coinage tied the legitimacy of junior rulers to the religious obligations of the imperial college, making the mint's output politically functional rather than incidental. Thessalonica's workshop was among the more prolific in the Balkans during this period, and RIC VII 120 is well-documented across multiple officina marks.