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Nummus - Constantius II FEL TEMP REPARATIO with phoenix, Antioch
| Issuer | Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD) |
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| Year | 348-350 |
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| Reference(s) | RIC VIII#129, OCRE#ric.8.anch.129 |
| Obverse description | Right-facing bust of Constantius II, rendered with pearl diadem, drapery, and cuirass, the latter visible at the truncation. The emperor's effigy displays the characteristic late Roman imperial portrait style, with the pearl-studded diadem tied at the back. The obverse legend DN CONSTANTIVS P F AVG runs clockwise around the bust within a beaded border, identifying the emperor as Our Lord Constantius, Pious and Fortunate Augustus. The portrait is executed in the formal, hieratic manner typical of Constantinian-era bronze coinage, emphasising dynastic authority over naturalistic likeness. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The FEL TEMP REPARATIO ("happy times are returning") coinage was launched in 348 AD to commemorate the eleven-hundredth anniversary of Rome's founding, a massive imperial propaganda exercise that flooded the eastern mints with bronze. The phoenix type — struck only briefly before being replaced by the far more common falling horseman reverse — was produced at Antioch for roughly two years before Magnentius's usurpation in the west disrupted the entire coinage program and forced a hasty redesign of priorities.
Antioch was among the most prolific eastern mints of the period, yet the phoenix variant of this issue remains considerably scarcer than the horseman types that followed it.