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1½ Solidi - Constantinus I GLORIA CONSTANTINI AVG; Nicomedia

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Issuer RomeRoman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor Constantine I (Flavius Valerius Constantinus) (306-337)
Type Standard circulation coins
Year 327
Value 1½ Solidus (1.5)
Currency Solidus, Reform of Constantine (AD 310/324 – 395)
Composition Gold
Weight 6.68 g
Diameter 26 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Orientation Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
389408
References RIC VII# 132
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.132
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

Obverse

Head of Constantine I, with rosette-diadem, looking upwards, right.

Reverse

Constantine I, in military dress with cloak over both shoulders and flying out behind, advancing right, holding transverse spear, point upwards, in right hand, and trophy, sloped over left shoulder in left: on ground to left and right, seated, bound captives, facing outwards, with heads turned back over shoulders.
Mintmark in exergue.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
GLORIA CONS-TANTINI AVG
SMN

Unabridged legend:
GLORIA CONSTANTINI AVGVSTVS
SMN

Translation: Glory the emperor Constantine.

Mint

SMN Nicomedia, Bithynia, modern-day İzmit, Turkey

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