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Nummus - Constantinus I GLORIA EXERCITVS, Constantinopolis
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 336-337 |
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| Currency | Solidus, Reform of Constantine (AD 310/324 – 395) |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing bust of Constantine I, rosette-diademed, draped and cuirassed, depicted with an idealized, clean-shaven effigy in the late Constantinian style. The rosette diadem is rendered with characteristic dotted beads and a prominent central jewel, with flowing hair visible beneath. The obverse legend CONSTANTINVS P F AVG runs clockwise around the periphery within a beaded border, identifying the emperor with his title of Pius Felix Augustus. |
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| Reverse description | Two fully armed Roman soldiers stand facing one another, each holding an inverted spear in the outer hand and resting the inner hand on a grounded oval shield. Between them rises a single legionary standard surmounted by a wreath-and-crossbar finial, its shaft decorated with a series of roundels. The reverse legend GLORIA EXERCITVS — Glory of the Army — arcs across the upper field, while the mint mark CONS appears in the exergue, denoting the Constantinople mint. The composition is framed by a beaded border. |
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| Reverse lettering | GLORIA EXERCITVS CONS (Translation: Constantinople.) |
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