Follis - Constans I FL CONSTANTIS BEA C / GLORIA EXERCITVS; Siscia

Follis - Constans I (FL CONSTANTIS BEA C / GLORIA EXERCITVS; Siscia) - obverseFollis - Constans I (FL CONSTANTIS BEA C / GLORIA EXERCITVS; Siscia) - reverse

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Features

Issuer RomeRoman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor Constans I (337-350)
Type Standard circulation coin
Year 337
Value Follis (1⁄180)
Currency Solidus, Reform of Constantine (AD 310/324 – 395)
Composition Bronze
Weight 1.7 g
Diameter 15 mm
Thickness 1.3 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
105083
References RIC VIII# 264,
John P. C. Kent; 1981. The Roman Imperial Coinage / Volume 8. The Family of Constantine I (AD 337–364). Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom.
Cohen# 48
Henry Cohen, Georges Depeyrot; 1995. Description historique des monnaies frappées sous l'Empire Romain, communément appelées Médailles impériales / Tome 1. de Pompée à Domitien (67 avant J.-C. à 96 après J.-C.) (2nd edition). Maison Florange, Paris, France.
And 7 more volumes.

Obverse

Bust of Constans, right, laureate, draped, cuirassed.

Script: Latin

Lettering: FL CONSTANTIS BEA C

Translation:
FLavii CONSTANTIS BEAtissimi Caesaris
(Flavius Constans Blessed Caesar)

Reverse

Two helmeted soldiers standing facing each other, holding inverted spears in outer hands and leaning on shields with inner hands; between them, one standard with O on banner.
Officina and mint marks in exergue, followed by a star.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
GLORIA EXERCITVS
∆SIS⭑

Translation:
Gloria Exercitus
([Dedicated to] the glory of the army)

Edge

Plain

Comments

Struck right before accession of Constans (and his two brothers Constantine II and Constantius II) to the rank of August on September 337 after the death of his father Constantine I.
http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.8.sis.264

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC Frequency
ND (337) ∆SIS⭑ 67% Siscia, 4th officina
ND (337) ASIS⭑ 21% Siscia, 1st officina
ND (337) BSIS⭑ 17% Siscia, 2nd officina

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