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Nummus - Constantius I as Caesar Smaller head, CONSTANTIVS NOB C, GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Londinium
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint, Londinium |
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| Year | 300-305 |
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| Value | Nummus / Follis (1/4) |
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| Obverse description | Laureate and cuirassed bust of Constantius I as Caesar facing right, rendered in the relatively smaller-head style characteristic of the London mint's later Diocletianic output. The effigy displays finely engraved hair beneath the laurel wreath, with a short beard rendered in careful relief. The cuirass is shown with a decorated paludamentum fastened at the right shoulder. The encircling Latin legend CONSTANTIVS NOB C runs clockwise around the field, contained within a beaded border. |
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| Obverse lettering | CONSTANTIVS NOB C (Translation: Constantius most noble Caesar.) |
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Constantius I governed Britain and Gaul as Caesar under the Tetrarchic system Diocletian formalized in 293 AD, making Londinium — one of the western empire's more productive mints — his natural coinage hub. The "smaller head" variety distinguished in RIC VI reflects a documented die revision during this period, not mere wear variation, and collectors have long used it to sequence production within the mint's output before Constantius was elevated to Augustus in 305.