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Solidus - Constantinus I CONCORDIA AVGG NN, Ticinum
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 320-321 |
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| Reference(s) | RIC VII#101, OCRE#ric.7.tic.101, Depey Rom#17/1 |
| Obverse description | Laureate head of Constantine I facing right, rendered in high relief with fine engraving characteristic of the Ticinum mint's refined style. The emperor's portrait is robust and naturalistic, with close-cropped curls framing the brow beneath the laurel wreath. The obverse legend is divided across the field, reading CONSTANTINVS P F AVG in one of its variant arrangements, identifying the emperor with his titles of Pius Felix Augustus. The neck truncation is clean, and the portrait occupies the full central field with commanding presence. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Constantine's Ticinum mint had a complicated history — the emperor closed it sometime around 326 AD, making its output from the early 320s among the final issues from a facility that had operated since Diocletian's monetary reforms. The CONCORDIA AVGG NN reverse type was politically charged: by 320-321, the nominal collegial harmony it advertised between Constantine and his eastern co-emperor Licinius was already deteriorating, with open war breaking out just two years later in 324.
Ticinum solidi from this period are notably scarcer than contemporary Sirmium or Thessalonica output. RIC VII 101 is a single-officina issue.