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Nummus - Constantius II FEL TEMP REPARATIO, Siscia
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 348-350 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse lettering | D N CONSTANTIVS P F AVG (Translation: Our Lord, Constantius the pious and blessed emperor) |
| Reverse description | The emperor, depicted in military dress and wearing a crested helmet, stands facing left on a galley, holding a labarum surmounted by the Chi-Rho christogram in his right hand and a phoenix-tipped sceptre or shield in his left. A helmeted Victory kneels at the prow of the vessel, piloting the galley. The reverse legend FEL TEMP REPARATIO runs along the upper periphery, while the exergue bears the Siscia mint mark, readable as ASIS or a variant officina mark. |
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The FEL TEMP REPARATIO ("happy times are returning") coinage was one of the most ambitious mass-issue campaigns in late Roman monetary history, launched under Constantius II and his co-emperors to celebrate the 1,100th anniversary of Rome's founding. Siscia — modern Sisak in Croatia — was among the most productive western mints of the period, and its output of this type was enormous. The specific falling horseman reverse on these smaller bronzes became so ubiquitous across the empire that forgers produced contemporary imitations in staggering quantities, many of which are now nearly indistinguishable from official strikes.
RIC VIII 243 places this piece in the period just before Magnentius's usurpation in January 350 effectively ended Siscia's production under Constantius's authority.