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Nummus - Constantius Gallus CONCORDIA MILITVM, SIS•; Siscia
| Issuer | Rome › Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD) |
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| Year | 350-351 |
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| Value | Nummus / Follis (1⁄180) |
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| Obverse description | Bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Constantius Gallus facing right, portrayed as a youthful Caesar. The obverse legend D N CONSTANTIVS IVN NOB C runs around the periphery, with the control letter A placed in the left field behind the bust. The portrait reflects the late Roman imperial style characteristic of the Siscia mint in the early 350s. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Constantius Gallus was appointed Caesar by his cousin Constantius II in 351 AD, elevated largely because the dynasty was running out of surviving male relatives after the purges of 337. His tenure was short and brutal — he ruled the East with a paranoid cruelty that eventually prompted Constantius II to summon and execute him in 354. The Siscia mint, one of the most productive of the later empire, issued this type early in Gallus's caesarship, placing his portrait within the CONCORDIA MILITVM program common to new appointments as a deliberate statement of loyalty to the senior emperor.