Nummus - Constantinus II VOT V MVLT X CAESS; Thessalonica
Features
| Issuer |
Rome ›
Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
 |
|---|---|
| Emperor |
Constantine I (Flavius Valerius Constantinus) (306-337)
|
| Caesar |
Constantine II (317-337)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 318-319 |
| Value | Nummus / Follis (1⁄180) |
| Currency | Solidus, Reform of Constantine (AD 310/324 – 395) |
| Composition | Bronze |
| Weight | 2.55 g |
| Diameter | 18 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 463486 |
| References | RIC VII# 44 Patrick Magnus Bruun; 1966. The Roman Imperial Coinage / Volume 7. Constantine I – Licinius (AD 313–337). Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom. , OCRE# ric.7.thes.44Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/) |
Obverse
Bust of Constantine II, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right
Script: Latin
Lettering: CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C
Unabridged legend: Constantinus Iunior Nobilis Caesar.
Translation: Constantine II, noble Caesar.
Reverse
Inscription in three lines, mintmark between two dots and officina followed by another dot below, all within laurel wreath.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
VOT •V•
MVLT •X•
CAESS
Unabridged legend: Votis Quinquennalibus Multis Decennalibus duorum caesarum.
Translation: Vows (prayers) on the fifth anniversary [of the emperors rule], more for his [hoped for] tenth anniversary of the two Caesars.
Mint
| TS | Thessalonica, Macedonia, modern-day Thessaloniki, Greece |
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| ND (318-319) | 2nd Officina (•TS•B•) | ||||||||||||||
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