Title
Coin: nummus (AE 2) of Constantius Gallus
Date
15 March 351 – December 354 CE
Creator
Unknown (Roman)
Roman
Coverage
Style/Period: Late Empire
Discovery Site: Minted in the 3rd officina of the mint in Nicomedia (Izmit), Turkey
Repository: Museum of Classical Antiquities, University of Ottawa / Musée d'antiquités gréco-romaines, Université d'Ottawa
Type
coins and medals
Format
Materials/Techniques: bronze; struck from an obverse (heads) and reverse (tails) die
Measurements: 19 to 21 mm in diameter, 4.674 grams
Description
Obverse legend: D(ominus) N(oster) FL(avius) CL(audius) CONSTANTIVS NOB(ilissimus) CAES(ar), translation: Our Lord Flavius Claudius Constantius, Most Noble Caesar; draped, cuirassed, and bare-headed bust of Constantius Gallus facing right. Reverse legend: FEL(ium) TEMP(orum) RE-PARATIO, translation: The Restoration of Happy Times; helmeted soldier standing to the right advancing left with shield on left arm, extending right arm to spear a falling beardless horseman with cap, turning to face soldier, shield on ground at his right; mint mark in exergue: MNA. RIC VIII, p. 478, no. 87.
Identifier
Repository Accession Number: 995.27.15
Record: UO-MCA-995-27-15
Source
Cataloguer: Kyle Edward Kuthe, University of Ottawa
Rights
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