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Nummus - Constantius II PROVIDENTIAE CAESS, Treveri

Issuer Roman Imperial Mint, Treveri
Year 327-328
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Value Nummus (1⁄7200)
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Obverse description Laureate and cuirassed bust of Constantius II facing left, wearing an elaborately decorated military cuirass with pteryges visible at the shoulder, and a paludamentum fastened at the right shoulder with a circular fibula. The youthful, beardless effigy is rendered in the high-relief style characteristic of the Treveri mint. The encircling Latin legend reads FL IVL CONSTANTIVS NOB C, identifying the emperor as Flavius Julius Constantius, most noble Caesar, set within a beaded border.
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Obverse lettering FL IVL CONSTANTIVS NOB C
(Translation: Flavius Julius Constantius II most noble Caesar.)
Reverse description A Roman military camp gate (porta praetoria) rendered in frontal view, depicted as a rectangular multi-tiered structure with two flanking turrets surmounted by globes and a central six-pointed star between them. The gateway features multiple rows of decorative battlements or windows across its facade, with an arched central doorway at the base. The mint mark PTRE or STRE appears in the exergue, denoting the officina of the Treveri mint. The encircling legend PROVIDEN-TIAE CAESS, meaning 'To the providence of the two Caesars,' frames the design within a beaded border.
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