Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
Solidus - Constantius II GLORIA REI PVBLICAE, Rome
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint, Rome |
|---|---|
| Year | 355-357 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Solidus, Reform of Constantine (AD 310/324 – 395) |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Facing bust of Constantius II, pearl-diademed and wearing a crested helmet also adorned with a diadem, clad in cuirass, presented in the imperial three-quarter frontal military portrait style. The emperor holds a spear diagonally across his right shoulder in his right hand and supports a shield decorated with a star pattern on his left arm. The legend encircles the bust, rendered in Latin capitals within the obverse field. |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | ND (355-357) RSM - Officina Mark ∈ - ND (355-357) RSM - Officina Mark B - ND (355-357) RSM - Officina Mark P - ND (355-357) RSM - Officina Mark Q - ND (355-357) RSM - Officina Mark S - ND (355-357) RSM - Officina Mark T - ND (355-357) RSM - Officina Mark Z - |
| Additional information |
The GLORIA REI PVBLICAE type was introduced in the early 350s as Constantius II consolidated sole rule following the defeat of the usurper Magnentius at Mursa in 351 — one of the bloodiest battles of the fourth century, estimated to have killed tens of thousands of Roman soldiers on both sides. Rome's mint, by this period largely ceremonial in its output of gold, produced the solidus in limited quantities compared to the more active eastern mints at Antioch and Constantinople.
Depeyrot's Rom 14/1 locates this piece within a tightly defined emission, useful for die-study purposes given the mint's relatively modest striking volume for this type.