Nummus - Constantinus II GLORIA EXERCITVS; Two standards; Constantinopolis

Features

Issuer RomeRoman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor Constantine I (Flavius Valerius Constantinus) (306-337)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 333-335
Value Nummus (1⁄7200)
Currency Solidus, Reform of Constantine (AD 310/324 – 395)
Composition Bronze
Weight 2.62 g
Diameter 18 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Orientation Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
88115
References RIC VII# 74,
Patrick M. Bruun; 1966. The Roman Imperial Coinage / Volume 7. Constantine I – Licinius (AD 313–337). Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom.
OCRE# ric.7.cnp.74,
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)
RCV IV# 17339,
David R. Sear; 2011. Roman Coins and Their Values / Volume 4. The Tetrarchies and the Rise of the House of Constantine AD 284-337. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom.
LRBC# 1011
Robert A. G. Carson, Philip V. Hill, John P. C. Kent; 1978. Late Roman Bronze Coins, AD 324-498. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom.

Obverse

Bust of Constantine II, laureate, cuirassed, right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C

Unabridged legend: Constantinus Junior Nobilissimus Caesar

Translation: Constantinus the Youth, Most Noble Caesar

Reverse

Two soldiers, helmeted, draped, cuirassed, standing facing each other, each holding reversed spear in outer hand and resting inner hand on shield; between them, two standards.

Scripts: Latin, Greek

Lettering:
GLORIA EXERCITVS
CONSς°

Unabridged legend: Gloria Exercitus

Translation: Glory of the Army

Edge

Smooth

Mint

CONS Constantinopolis (Βυζάντιον, Κωνσταντινούπολις), modern-day Istanbul, Turkey (330-1453)

Comments

There is 2 other mintmark varieties to be listed separately: a mintmark variety with no dot and a mintmark variety with two dots.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC Frequency
ND (333-335) CONS 3% 10th officina (I)
ND (333-335) CONS 13% 1st officina (A)
ND (333-335) CONS 47% 3rd officina (Γ)
ND (333-335) CONS 13% 6th officina (ϛ)
ND (333-335) CONS 10% 9th officina (Θ)

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