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Nummus - Constantinus II Two standards, GLORIA EXERCITVS, TR•P or TR•S, Treveri
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint, Treveri (Augusta Treverorum) |
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| Year | 331-332 |
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| Value | Nummus / Follis (1⁄180) |
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| Obverse description | Laureate, cuirassed bust of Constantine II as Caesar facing right, rendered in the standard late Roman imperial portrait style. The obverse legend surrounds the effigy, identifying the prince by his title of Nobilissimus Caesar. The drapery and armor are rendered in relief, typical of the Constantinian workshop at Treveri. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The two-soldier, two-standard type of the GLORIA EXERCITVS series was introduced across western mints around 330 AD as a deliberate propaganda exercise following Constantine's renewed military campaigns against the Goths. Treveri — modern Trier — was one of the principal western mints of the period and had served as an imperial residence since Diocletian's tetrarchic reorganization, giving it particular weight as a source of legitimately authorized coinage for the Rhine frontier armies.
The TR•P and TR•S officina marks distinguish the two workshops active at Treveri during this narrow window before the type was revised to a single standard around 335 AD.