Nummus - Constantius Gallus as Caesar FEL TEMP REPARATIO, Alexandria

Constantius Gallus was appointed Caesar by his cousin Constantius II in 351, largely because the dynasty had run dangerously short of reliable male relatives — most had been killed in the purges following Constantine I's death in 337. Gallus survived those purges only because he was thought to be dying of illness. His tenure in Antioch proved erratic and brutal enough that Constantius II had him executed in 354, making the window for his Alexandrian coinage exceptionally narrow.

The FEL TEMP REPARATIO ("happy times restored") series was a coordinated empire-wide propaganda issue launched in 348 to mark Rome's eleven-hundredth anniversary, continued well past its commemorative purpose by individual mints.