Nummus - Constantius II FEL TEMP REPARATIO, Arelate

The FEL TEMP REPARATIO coinage was launched empire-wide in 348 AD to mark the eleven-hundredth anniversary of Rome's founding, though by the time Arelate was striking pieces in this weight class the commemorative pretext had long given way to fiscal necessity. The reduction to this smaller module reflects the currency reforms pressed through after Magnentius's defeat at Mons Seleucus in 353 — Constantius II consolidating both political control over the western mints and the bronze supply that had been disrupted during the usurpation.

Arelate had backed Magnentius. The mint's post-353 output under Constantius carries that uneasy transition in its officina sequences.