Coin: nummus (AE 2) of Constantinus

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Title

Coin: nummus (AE 2) of Constantinus

Date

310-312 CE

Creator

Unknown (Roman)
Roman

Coverage

Style/Period: Tetrarchic
Discovery Site: Minted in the 1st officina of the mint in Londinium (London), England
Repository: Museum of Classical Antiquities, University of Ottawa / Musée d'antiquités gréco-romaines, Université d'Ottawa
Collection: Blockley Collection

Type

coins and medals

Format

Materials/Techniques: billon; struck from an obverse (heads) and reverse (tails) die
Measurements: 20 to 24 mm in diameter, 4.120 grams

Description

Obverse legend: CONSTANTINVS P(ius) F(elix) AVG(ustus), translation: Constantine Dutiful and Successful Augustus; cuirassed and laureate bust of Constantine I facing right. Reverse legend: COMITI AVGG(=Augustorum) NN(=Nostrorum), translation: to the companion of our two Augusti; Sol standing facing left, with globe in right hand and whip in left hand; star in right field; mint mark in exergue: PLN. RIC VI, p. 135, no. 153.

Subject

coins (money)

Identifier

Repository Accession Number: 986.1.61
Record: UO-MCA-986-1-61

Source

Cataloguer: Laetitia Philie, University of Ottawa
Photographer: Sophie Vigneux and Thomas Wort, University of Ottawa
Image Date: 2022-06

Rights

The images are provided by the Museum of Classical Antiquities, University of Ottawa. For contact information, visit the Museum website: https://arts.uottawa.ca/cla-srs/en/museum | Les images sont fournies par le Musée d'antiquités gréco-romaines de l'Université d’Ottawa. Visitez le site du musée pour les coordonnées : https://arts.uottawa.ca/cla-srs/fr/musee