Assorted Reverse Types of Constantine
Adventvs - Gloria Exercitvs
Assorted Reverse Types of Constantine
Adventvs - Gloria Exercitvs
I
collect bronze coins of Constantine as Augustus. For an introductory page
on coins of Constantine as Caesar or FIL AVG, take a look at this page.
These coins are all the denomination of follis (plural- folles). Sizes
vary greatly, though. These coins are quite large early on (around 26 mm)
and gradually shrink (16-17 mm) as inflation sets in. I have included some
weights, but weight will vary and it does not serve as a diagnostic tool
for these coins. My ultimate goal is to have an example of one of every
reverse type used by Constantine. This will keep me busy the rest of my
life!
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24x23mm Obv CONSTANTINVS P F AVG bust r., laur., cuir. Rev ADVENTVS AVG N [The arrival of our Emperor] Prince riding left, r. raised, l. holding up spear, on horse pawing seated captive to l. in exerque PLN Star in right field RIC VI Londinium 142 scarce this coin was "issued to commemorate another of Constantine I's visit to Britain, but once again, the visit may be figurative and perhaps this coin is struck to celebrate his victories over Maximianus in Gaul." quote from Victor Failmezger |
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21x20mm CONSTANTINVS P AVG laureate, cuirassed BEATA TRANQVILLITAS [Blessed Peace (calm)] globe set on altar inscribed VO/TIS/XX; above, three stars. C R , in ex. PLG Lugdunum (Lyons) RIC 128 ex Killingholme hoard |
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20x20mm CONSTA-NTINVS AVG helmeted, cuirassed BEATA TRAN-QVILLITAS [Blessed Peace (calm)] globe set on altar inscribed VOT / IS / XX; above, three stars In ex. PTR RIC VII Trier 303 c3 Ex- Langtoft II hoard |
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20x20mm CONSTAN-TINVS AVG laureate, wearing trabea, holding eagle-tipped sceptre in right hand BEATA TRAN-QVILLITAS [Blessed Peace (calm)] globe set on altar inscribed VO/TIS/XX; above, three stars. PTR dot RIC VII Trier 342 c2 These coins seem to be “an expression of the expectation of peace and order on the Rhine frontier.” |
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21x21mm CONSTAN-TINVS AVG laureate, wearing trabea, holding eagle-tipped sceptre in right hand BEATA TRAN-QVILLITAS [Blessed Peace (calm)] globe set on altar inscribed VO/TIS/XX; above, three stars. PTR dot RIC VII Trier 343 r4 These coins seem to be “an expression of the expectation of peace and order on the Rhine frontier.” |
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20x20mm CONSTAN- TINVS AVG laureate, wearing trabea, holding eagle-tipped sceptre in right hand BEATA TRAN-QVILLITAS [Blessed Peace (calm)] globe set on altar inscribed VO/TIS/XX; above, three stars. dot PTR dot RIC VII Trier 369 c3 |
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AE Follis 19mm 3.4gm IMP CONSTANTINVS P F AVG- Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right CLARITAS REIPVBLICAE [Renown of the state] - Sol radiate, advancing left, raising right hand, whip in left, chalmys flying. A left field, in ex. RP RIC VII 80 Rome r5 issued after Constantine's victory over Licinius after the first civil war. |
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23x22mm 3.56 g Obv: CONSTANTINVS PF AVG - Laureate and cuirassed bust right. Rev: COMITI AVGG NN Sol standing left, chlamys falling from left shoulder, r. holding globe & whip in left star in right field, in ex. PLN RIC VI Londinium 153 |
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22x21mm Obv: CONSTANTINVS P AVG - Laureate, helmeted and cuirassed bust left, holding spear over shoulder and shield. Rev: COMITI AVGG NN Sol standing left, chlamys falling from left shoulder, holding globe & whip star in right field, in ex. PLN RIC VI Londinium 177 |
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23x22mm CONSTANTINVS PF AVG Laureate & cuirassed bust of Constantine right. CONCORD MILIT [The harmony of the soldiers] Concordia standing left, holding standard in each hand * in right field, PLN in exergue RIC VI London 195 |
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26x25mm 7.46 gm Obv. CONSTANTINVS NOB CAES [savior (restorer) of Carthage]- laureate head right Rev. CONSERVATORES KART SVAE- Carthage standing facing, head left, holding fruits in both hands, within hexastyle temple with plain pediment. In ex. PKD RIC VI Carthage 61 common |
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27x25mm 6.78 gm CONSTANTINVS P F AVG Laureate head right CONSERV-VRB SVAE [In honor of the savior of his city] Roma seated facing, head left, in hexastyle temple, globe in right hand, scepter in left, empty pediment, knobs as acroteria TT in exergue Officina 3 RIC VI Ticinum 93 This type was issued by Maxentius to celebrate the re-building of the great temple of Roma in Rome. |
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22x21mm 3.3gm Obv. CONSTANTINVS MAX AVG head with rosette diademed, looking up to heavens Rev. CONSTANTINIANA DAFNE [Constantinian Dafne] Victory seated l. on cippus, palm branch in left hand and laurel branch in right hand, looking r.; trophy at front, at the foot is a kneeling captive with head turned being spurned by Victory gamma in left, in ex. CONS RIC VII Constantinople 32 r2 |
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16x16mm Obv. Anepigraphic: laureate head Rev. CONSTAN/TINVS/AVG reverse legend in three lines; wreath above. In exergue PTR RIC VII Trier 485 r4 part of a series of anepigraphic coins that was issued by ten mints (Antioch, Nicomedia, Cyzicus, Constantinople, Heraclea, Thessalonica, Siscia, Rome, Ticinum and Trier), probably in reference to imperial visits after Constantine defeated Licinius. |
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A.D. 313 Obv. IMP CONSTANTINVS PF AVG bare-headed bust Rev. FVNDAT PACIS [Founder of peace] Mars, helmeted, nude, advancing right, looking left, trophy across left shoulder, flying chlamys, dragging captive by hair. In ex. RS RIC VII 12 Rome R3 This coin references the Edict of Milan, signed
by Constantine and Licinius in A.D. 313
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21x21mm IMP C FL VAL CONSTANTINVS PF AVG GENIOA-VGVSTI [To the spirit of the Emperor]; Genius stg. l., modius on head, naked but for chlamys over l. shoulder, r. holding patera (from which liquor flows), l. cornucopiae; to l. altar. SMN in exerque. star over epsilon in right field. RIC VI Nicomedia 74c unlisted officina The reverse of this coin was modeled after the statue of the Spirit of the Roman People which used to stand in the Roman Forum. "The act of pouring the libation to the emperor illustrates what Christians were required to do in order to not be persecuted." Failmezger |
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22x22mm Obv. FL VALER CONSTANTINVS P F AVG laureate bust Rev. GENIO AVGVSTI [To the spirit of the Emperor] Genius, modius on head standing left, chalmys across left shoulder, Serapis head in right hand, cornucopia in left hand. in left field: * over N over palm branch in right field: A over wreath in ex. ALE RIC VI Alexandria 163 c |
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22x21mm IMP C FL VAL CONSTANTINVS PF AVG laureate head only GENIO-AVGVSTI [To the spirit of the Emperor] Genius stg. l., modius on head, naked but for chlamys over l. shoulder (falls low), holding head of Sol and a cornucopiae in ex. ANT * epsilon RIC VI Antioch 164c S |
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25x24mm Obv. IMP CONSTANTINVS P F AVG laur., cuir. Rev. GENIO POP ROM [To the Spirit of the Roman people] Genius standing left, modius on head, loins draped, r. holding patera, l. cornucopiae. In exergue PLN RIC VI Londinium 103 scarce |
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20x19mm CONSTANTINVS MAX AVG head with rosette diadem GLORIA EXERCITVS [The glory of the army] Soldier holding reversed spear in right, left hand on shield S in left field, in ex. CONS Constantinople RIC VII 22 r3 Part of the series commemorating the victory over Licinius in the second civil war. This series was issued to pay workers building the new city of Constantinople. |
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21x21mm CONSTANTINVS MAX AVG head with rosette diadem GLORIA EXERCITVS [The glory of the army] Soldier holding reversed spear in right, left hand on shield S in left field, in ex. CONS Constantinople RIC VII 22 r3 Part of the series commemorating the victory over Licinius in the second civil war. This series was issued to pay workers building the new city of Constantinople. |
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21x21mm CONSTANTINVS MAX AVG head with rosette diadem GLORIA EXERCITVS [The glory of the army] Soldier holding reversed spear in right, left hand on shield S in left field, in ex. CONS Constantinople RIC VII 22 r3 Part of the series commemorating the victory over Licinius in the second civil war. This series was issued to pay workers building the new city of Constantinople. |
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18x18mm CONSTANTI-NVS MAX AVG rosette-diadem, draped, cuirassed GLOR-IA EXERC-ITVS [The glory of the army] Two soldiers helmeted, stg. facing one another, reversed spear in outer hands, inner hands on shields resting on the ground; between them two standards. In ex. SMAN gamma RIC VII Antioch 86 c2 |
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19x18mm CONSTANTI-NVS MAX AVG rosette-diadem, dr., cuir. bust GLOR-IA EXERC-ITVS [The glory of the army] Two soldiers helmeted, stg. facing one another, reversed spear in outer hands, inner hands on shields resting on the ground; between them two standards. dot SMHA RIC VII Heraclea 116 r2 in 330 A.D., the nummus was reduced in weight and struck at 132 to the pound |
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19mm 2.2gm CONSTAN-TINVS AVG rosette-diadem, dr., cuir. bust GLOR-IA EXERC-ITVS [The glory of the army] Two soldiers helmeted, stg. facing one another, reversed spear in outer hands, inner hands on shields resting on the ground; between them two standards. three dots above standard in exergue SMHB It should be listed before RIC VII Heraclea 126 "This coin obviously induced Voetter (NZ 1909, Atlas, Tafel 5) to regard this mark as the first of the Gloria exercitus series. The coin, however, does not illustrate any transition from the Providentiae coinage, where Constantine already earlier had been accorded the obv. legend with MAX AVG. As it is difficult to accept this coin of the Gloria 2-standard as depicting Constantine II as Augustus, it should be classified as an inexplicable irregularity." RIC VII pg 558 |
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16x16mm CONSTANTI-NVS MAX AVG rosette-diadem, dr., cuir. bust GLOR-IA EXERC-ITVS dot [The glory of the army] Two soldiers helmeted, stg. facing one another, reversed spear in outer hands, inner hands on shields resting on the ground; between them one standard. CONSH RIC VII Constantinople 149 r2 in 335 A.D., the number of nummus to a pound was raised to 192. The reverse of these coins now only has one banner since they are smaller. |
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20x18mm 2.7gm CONSTANTI-NVS MAX AVG rosette-diadem, draped, cuirassed GLOR-IA EXERC-ITVS [The glory of the army] Two soldiers helmeted, stg. facing one another, reversed spear in outer hands, inner hands on shields resting on the ground; between them two standards. branch between standards, in ex. PCONST RIC VII Arles 364 s |
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17mm 2.6gm CONSTANTI-NVS MAX AVG rosette-diadem, draped, cuirassed GLOR-IA EXERC-ITVS [The glory of the army] Two soldiers helmeted, stg. facing one another, reversed spear in outer hands, inner hands on shields resting on the ground; between them two standards. laurel wreath with dot, in ex. SCONST RIC VII Arles 375 r5 |
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16x17mm 1.7gm CONSTANTI-NVS MAX AVG rosette-diadem, draped, cuirassed GLOR-IA EXERC-ITVS [The glory of the army] Two soldiers helmeted, stg. facing one another, reversed spear in outer hands, inner hands on shields resting on the ground; between them one standard inscribed with a Chi-Rho. in ex. SCONST RIC VII Arles 394 r5 |
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last modified on 9 Apr 2008