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Nummus - Theodosius I VOT/X/MVLT/XX, Constantinopolis
| Issuer | Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD) |
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| Year | 378-383 |
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| Currency | Solidus, Reform of Constantine (AD 310/324 – 395) |
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| Obverse lettering | D N THEODOSIVS P F AVG |
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| Reverse lettering | VOT X MULT XX |
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The VOT X MVLT XX votive inscription marks this piece as struck in anticipation of Theodosius I completing ten years of rule and looking toward twenty — a formulaic imperial prayer that doubled as political advertising. Theodosius came to power in January 379, appointed by Gratian in the desperate aftermath of Adrianople, where Valens had died and two-thirds of the eastern field army with him. The mint at Constantinopolis was under immediate pressure to produce legitimizing coinage for an emperor who had been a retired provincial officer six months prior.
RIC IX 63b places this among the Constantinopolitan issues of the early 380s, a period when the mint was simultaneously flooding the market with the tiny AE4 nummi that dominate late Roman hoards across the Balkans.