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Solidus - Constantius II GLORIA REI PVBLICAE, Antioch
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint, Antioch |
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| Year | 347-355 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Two enthroned figures of Roma and Constantinopolis seated facing one another on either side of a large inscribed votive shield, which bears the legend VOT / XX / MVLT / XXX in four lines. The left figure, helmeted and clad in military dress, holds a long sceptre in the left hand and steadies the shield with the right; the right figure, similarly helmeted, holds a long sceptre in the right hand. Between the two thrones, a decorative support element is visible at the base. The circumferential Latin legend GLORIA - REI - PVBLICAE is distributed around the field, and the mint signature SMAN followed by the officina letter appears in the exergue, identifying the Antioch mint. |
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Constantius II inherited sole rule of the East after his father Constantine's death in 337, but the decade covered by this issue was defined less by stability than by dynastic massacre — within weeks of Constantine's death, Constantius orchestrated or permitted the killing of nearly all his male relatives, leaving only himself and his cousins Gallus and Julian alive. The Antioch mint was among the most productive eastern facilities throughout his reign, supplying gold to troops engaged in near-constant pressure from Shapur II's Sasanian campaigns along the Euphrates frontier.
RIC VIII 81 is well-attested from this mint, with the ANTH officina marks providing useful die-study anchors for specialists working the eastern solidus sequence.