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Nummus - Constantius II FEL TEMP REPARATIO, Heraclea
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint, Heraclea |
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| Year | 351-355 |
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| Currency | Solidus, Reform of Constantine (AD 310/324 – 395) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse depicts a Roman soldier, helmeted and in military dress, standing left and spearing a fallen horseman who reaches upward in a gesture of supplication — the canonical 'FEL TEMP REPARATIO' falling horseman type (RIC type II). The soldier carries a grounded shield on his left arm. The divided legend FEL TEMP - REPARATIO is distributed across the field, and the exergue bears the Heraclean mint mark (SMH with officina letter). The scene, despite heavy encrustation and wear, retains the essential compositional elements typical of this widely issued mid-fourth-century bronze coinage. |
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The FEL TEMP REPARATIO ("happy times are returning") series was launched under Constantius II following his defeat of the usurper Magnentius, functioning as propaganda coinage celebrating restored imperial unity. The Heraclea mint — modern Marmara Ereğlisi in Turkey — was one of the more productive eastern workshops supplying this type, and RIC VIII 90 is the falling horseman variant, showing a soldier spearing a dismounted enemy, widely understood as a direct reference to the humiliation of Persian cavalry. Dies at Heraclea during this period show notable inconsistency in fabric, and specimens frequently exhibit flat striking on the reverse figures.