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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |Constantinian Era| > |Constantine II| > RL79158
Constantine II, 22 May 337 - March or April 340 A.D.
|Constantine| |II|, |Constantine| |II,| |22| |May| |337| |-| |March| |or| |April| |340| |A.D.|, Western mint GLORIA EXERCITVS issues are much less common than the Eastern mint issues; some, such as this coin, are rare.
RL79158. Billon reduced centenionalis, RIC VII Lyons 263 (R2), LRBC I 208, SRCV V 17319, Cohen VII 122, EF, centered on a tight flan, sharp portrait, mint luster, some die wear, 1st officina, Lugdunum (Lyon, France) mint, weight 2.349g, maximum diameter 17.3mm, die axis 180o, as caesar, 336 A.D.; obverse CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C, laureate and cuirassed bust right, from the front; reverse GLORI-A EXER-CITVS (glory of the army), two soldiers standing facing, heads turned inward confronted, two standards in center between them, each holds a spear in outer hand and rests inner hand on grounded shield, *PLG in exergue; rare; SOLD










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