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Nummus - Constantius II VICTORIAE DD AVGG Q NN, Siscia
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint, Siscia |
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| Year | 347-348 |
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| Weight | 1.54 g |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing bust of Constantius II, depicted with a rosette diadem, draped paludamentum, and cuirass. The emperor's effigy is rendered in the late Roman imperial style, with carefully articulated layered drapery visible at the shoulder and neck. The legend encircles the bust along the coin's periphery, partially visible through surface patination. The portrait conveys the characteristic elongated facial features associated with Constantinian-era die engraving at the Siscia mint. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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The VICTORIAE DD AVGG Q NN reverse type was part of a deliberate propaganda push ahead of the 348 AD celebrations marking Rome's 1,100th anniversary — the *Saeculum Novum* — when Constantius II and Constans jointly flooded the western and eastern mints with small bronze issues to commemorate the occasion. Siscia, as one of the principal Danubian mints, produced this type in substantial volume across multiple officinae, distinguishable today by the officina letters in the exergue.