Nummus - Constantinus I Laureate, helmeted, cuirassed, left, spear over shoulder, shield, CONSTANTINVS P F AVG; COMITI AVGG NN, Star, PLN; Londinium
Features
| Issuer |
Rome ›
Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
 |
|---|---|
| Emperor |
Constantine I (Flavius Valerius Constantinus) (306-337)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 310-312 |
| Value | Nummus / Follis (1⁄180) |
| Currency | Solidus, Reform of Constantine (AD 310/324 – 395) |
| Composition | Bronze |
| Weight | 3.74 g |
| Diameter | 22.43 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 421579 |
| References | RIC VI# 166 Harold Mattingly, Percy H. Webb, Carol Humphrey Vivian Sutherland; 2003. The Roman Imperial Coinage / Volume 6. From Diocletian's Reform (AD 294) to the Death of Maximinus (AD 313) (Reprint). Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom.Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/) |
Obverse
Bust of Constantine I, laureate, helmeted, cuirassed, left, holding spear over right shoulder and shield on left arm.
Script: Latin
Lettering: CONSTANTINVS P F AVG
Unabridged legend: Constantinus Pius Felix Augustus.
Translation: Constantine I pious successful emperor.
Reverse
Sol, chlamys falling from left shoulder, standing left, holding up globe in right hand and whip in left hand.
Star in right field.
London mintmark in exergue.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
COMITI - AVGG NN or
COMIT-I - AVGG NN
Unabridged legend: Comiti Augusti Noster.
Translation: To the companion of our emperors.
Mint
| PLN | Londinium / Augusta, modern-day London, United Kingdom |
Comments
Note the coin illustrated has a sceptre rather than a spear. Huvelin makes a distinction between the dies on this issue that have the spear point and those that do not making the spear resemble a sceptre. Cloke & Toone does not differentiate between the two. RML does allow for a distinction, but recognizes that the ‘sceptre’ is intended as a spear.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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