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4 Siliqua - Constantine I CAESAR; Constantinopolis

Features

Issuer RomeRoman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Caesar Constantine II (317-337)
Emperor Constantine I (Flavius Valerius Constantinus) (306-337)
Type Circulating commemorative coins
Year 337
Value 4 Siliqua (⅙)
Currency Solidus, Reform of Constantine (AD 310/324 – 395)
Composition Srebro
Weight 12.98 g
Shape Okrągły (nieregularny)
Technique Młotkowana
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
464901
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.cnp.132
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)
, Gnecchi 1# 1 (Constantius II)
Francesco Gnecchi; 1912. I medaglioni romani / 1: Oro ed argento. Ulrico Hoepli, Milan, Italy.

Obverse

(en) Head of Constantine I, rosette-diademed, right with vertical lettering.

Script: łaciński

Lettering: AVGVSTVS

Unabridged legend: Augustus.

Reverse

(en) Inscription within a laurel wreath with mintmark and officina in exergue.

Script: łaciński

Lettering: CAESAR

Mint

Constantinople (ancient), modern-day Istanbul, Turkey (330-476)

Comments

(en)

It had been thought to date to the end of Constantine I's reign, commemorating the twentieth anniversary of the reign of his son Constantine (future Emperor Constantine II) and is a very rare issue, with a similar issue known from Thessalonica.

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