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Siliqua - Constans CONSTANS AVGVSTVS, Constantinopolis
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 337-340 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse lettering | FL IVL CONSTANS P F AVG |
| Reverse description | The personification of Constantinopolis standing facing, head turned slightly left, wearing a crested helmet and military attire. She holds a Victory on a globe in her extended right hand and rests her left hand upon a large palm branch or sceptre, her foot placed upon the prow of a galley, symbolising naval dominance. The encircling Latin legend CONSTANS-AVGVSTVS flanks the central figure to left and right. The mint mark C • I appears in the exergue, denoting the Constantinople mint, with a dot on either side of the officina letter. |
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Constans ruled as junior co-emperor under his father Constantine I before the latter's death in May 337, at which point the empire was divided among three surviving sons. The years 337–340 were a period of uneasy partition, ended abruptly when Constans's brother Constantine II invaded Italy and was killed in an ambush near Aquileia — leaving Constans in control of the western empire at around age seventeen.
The unresolved RIC VIII reference suggests this piece falls into a category of siliquae that remain problematic for attribution, a known difficulty with silver coinage of the Constantinian period given inconsistent mint records and overlapping officina output from Constantinopolis.