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Solidus - Constans OB VICTORIAM TRIVMFALEM, Treveri
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 342-343 |
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| Currency | Solidus, Reform of Constantine (AD 310/324 – 395) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Two winged Victories, draped, stand facing one another, each extending their arms to support between them a circular wreath inscribed with the votive legend VOT X MVLT XV. The composition is symmetrically arranged in the field, conveying imperial triumph and the renewal of votive vows. The exergue contains the mintmark of the Treveri mint. The reverse type was employed to celebrate Constans's decennial vows and military victories. |
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The OB VICTORIAM TRIVMFALEM solidi of Constans are tied to his campaign against the Franks in late 341 or early 342, a relatively minor military action that Constans nonetheless chose to celebrate with the full apparatus of triumphal coinage. The Treveri mint was the natural issuing authority — the city had served as an imperial residence and western administrative hub since Diocletian's reorganization, and it remained Constans's principal base in the northwest.
RIC VIII 124 is scarce in the census. Treveri output under Constans was modest compared to Siscia or Thessalonica during this period.