Coin: nummus (A2) of Constantine I

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Title

Coin: nummus (A2) of Constantine I

Date

317-320 CE

Creator

Unknown (Roman)
Roman

Coverage

Style/Period: Tetrarchic
Discovery Site: Minted in the 1st officina of the mint in Nicomedia (İzmit), Turkey
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: bronze; struck from an obverse (heads) and reverse (tails) die
Measurements: 19 mm in diameter, 3.412 grams

Description

Obverse legend: IMP(erator) CONSTA-NTINVS AVG(ugutus), translation: Imperator Constantinus Augustus; laureate and draped bust of Constantine I facing left. Reverse legend: IOVI CON-ERVATORI AVGG(=duorum augustorim), translation: To Jupiter the protector of the two Augusti; Jupiter with a chlamys across his shoulders, leaning on a globed scepter on his left and holding a globe with his right hand; the goddess Victory stands on the globe holding a wreath in her right hand; mint mark in exergue: SMN; mint mark in field: A on the right side, palm branch on the left side. RIC VII, p. 603, no. 23.

Identifier

Repository Accession Number: 986.1.65
Record: UO-MCA-986-1-65

Source

Cataloguer: Mai Dannock, University of Ottawa
Bibliography: Sear, D.R. 1981. Roman Coins and Their Values. 2nd ed. London: Sealby Publications. 315, 3762

Rights

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