Follis - Constans I VOT XV MVLT XX; Antioch

Features

Issuer	Roman Empire (Rome)
Emperor	Constans I (337-350)
Type	Circulating commemorative coin
Year	347
Value	Follis
Currency	Solidus, Reform of Constantine (AD 310/324 – 395)
Composition	Bronze
Diameter	15 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 73210 Numista type number (https://en.numista.com/help/what-is-the-n-number-visible-in-the-catalogue-33.html)
References	RIC VIII# 116 John P. C. Kent; 1981. The Roman Imperial Coinage / Volume 8. The Family of Constantine I (AD 337–364). Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom.

Commemorative issue

Constans 15th year since he was evaluated to the rank of Caesar by his father Constantine I

Obverse

Head of Constans
head is decorated with a pearl diadem

Script: Latin

Lettering: D N CONSTA-NS P F AVG

Translation:
"Dominus Noster Consta Pius Felix Avgvstvs"
(Our Lord Constans Dutiful and Fortunate Augustus)

Reverse

Script: Latin

Lettering:
VOT
XV
MVLT
XX
SMAN_

Translation:
"Votis Quindecennalibus Multis Vicennalibus"
(vows (prayers) on the fifteenth anniversary [of the emperors rule], more for his [hoped for] twentieth anniversary)

"Sacra Moneta Antiochiae _"
(Sacred Money Antioch)

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Numista Rarity index: 71

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