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Nummus - Constantius II GLORIA EXERCITVS, Rome
| Issuer | Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD) |
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| Year | 336-337 |
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| Reference(s) | RIC VII#393, OCRE#ric.7.rom.393 |
| Obverse description | Right-facing laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Constantius II as Caesar, rendered in the late Constantinian style with fine radial hair and prominent paludamentum folds visible at the shoulder. The effigy is depicted with characteristic imperial authority, the cuirass decorated with pteryges. The encircling obverse legend reads FL IVL CONSTANTIVS NOB C, identifying the prince by name and title. The flan is irregular and slightly clipped, typical of this late series of small bronze nummi struck at Rome. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The GLORIA EXERCITVS type with two soldiers flanking two standards was already being phased out across most mints by 336 in favor of the single-standard variant, making the Rome mint's continued production of the two-standard type in this period a minor administrative anomaly worth noting. These last months before Constantine I's death in May 337 saw the Rome mint operating under conditions of considerable political uncertainty, with succession arrangements among his three surviving sons already generating factional pressure within the imperial administration.