Solidus - Constantinus I PIETAS AVGVSTI NOSTRI; Nicomedia
Features
| Issuer |
Rome ›
Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
 |
|---|---|
| Emperor |
Constantine I (Flavius Valerius Constantinus) (306-337)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Year | 330 |
| Value | Solidus (1) |
| Currency | Solidus, Reform of Constantine (AD 310/324 – 395) |
| Composition | Gold |
| Weight | 4.47 g |
| Diameter | 20 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 389568 |
| References | RIC VII# 166 Patrick Magnus Bruun; 1966. The Roman Imperial Coinage / Volume 7. Constantine I – Licinius (AD 313–337). Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom. , OCRE# ric.7.nic.166Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/) |
Obverse
Bust of Constantine I, draped, cuirassed, head, with rosette-diadem, right.
Script: Latin
Lettering: CONSTANTINVS MAX AVG
Unabridged legend: CONSTANTINVS MAXIMVS AVGVSTVS
Translation: The emperor Constantine the great
Reverse
Constantine, in military dress with cloak over left shoulder, standing left, holding sceptre, sloped to right, in right hand and receiving, with left hand, kneeling female figure, turreted, on ground left, facing right, presented be soldier, helmeted, carrying shield in left hand, facing right: on right, Victory, winged, draped, facing left, holding palm, upright at left shoulder in left hand, and crowning Constantine with right hand raised.
Script: Latin
Lettering: PIETAS AVGVSTI NOSTRI
Translation: The piety of our emperor
Mint
| SMN | Nicomedia, Bithynia, modern-day İzmit, Turkey |
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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| ND (330) | 3rd Officina (SMNC) | ||||||||||||||
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