Nummus - Constantius Gallus as Caesar FEL TEMP REPARATIO, Constantinoplis

Constantius Gallus was appointed Caesar by his cousin Constantius II in 351, largely out of dynastic necessity — nearly every other male relative had been massacred in the succession purge of 337. He was given control of the East and proved almost immediately ungovernable, executing officials and provincial administrators on personal whim with enough frequency that Constantius eventually summoned and beheaded him in 354. The FEL TEMP REPARATIO coinage was a empire-wide issue launched precisely at the moment of Gallus's appointment, making his Caesar issues a tight chronological bracket of under four years.

Constantinople mint production under RIC VIII 110 belongs to a period when the city's workshops were expanding rapidly to meet the demand of a divided imperial administration.