Siliqua - Constantius II VOTIS XXX MVLTIS XXXX; Nicomedia
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Features
| Issuer |
Rome ›
Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
 |
|---|---|
| Emperor |
Constantius II (337-361)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 351-355 |
| Value | Siliqua (1⁄24) |
| Currency | Solidus, Reform of Constantine (AD 310/324 – 395) |
| Composition | Silver |
| Weight | 3.02 g |
| Diameter | 21 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 392233 |
| References | RIC VIII# 81 John P. C. Kent; 1981. The Roman Imperial Coinage / Volume 8. The Family of Constantine I (AD 337–364). Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom.Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/) |
Obverse
Bust of Constantius II, pearl-diademed, draped, cuirassed, right.
Script: Latin
Lettering: D N CONSTAN-TIVS P F AVG
Unabridged legend: Dominus Noster Constantius Pius Felix Augustus
Translation: Our Lord Constantius II, pious successful emperor.
Reverse
Inscription within a wreath
Script: Latin
Lettering:
VOTIS
XXX
MVLTIS
XXXX
Unabridged legend: Votis Tricennalibus Multis Quadragennalibus
Translation: vows (prayers) on the thirtieth anniversary [of the emperors rule], more for his [hoped for] fourtieth anniversary.
Mint
| SMN | Nicomedia, Bithynia, modern-day İzmit, Turkey |
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| ND (351-355) | |||||||||||||||
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