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    View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |The Tetrarchy| > |Constantius I| > RL85119
Constantius I, May 305 - 25 July 306 A.D.
|Constantius| |I|, |Constantius| |I,| |May| |305| |-| |25| |July| |306| |A.D.|, The reverse depicts the statue of the Spirit of the Roman People which was in the Roman Forum (it is now lost). The act of pouring the libation to the emperor illustrates what the Christians were required to do in order not to be persecuted.
RL85119. Billon quarter follis, RIC VI Siscia 167, SRCV IV 14192, Cohen VII 101, Hunter V -, F, some silvering, centered on a tight flan, Siscia (Sisak, Croatia) mint, weight 1.956g, maximum diameter 18.4mm, die axis 0o, 305 - 306 A.D.; obverse IMP C CONSTANTIVS P F AVG, laureate head right; reverse GENIO POPVLI ROMANI (to the guardian spirit of the Roman People), Genius of the Roman people standing facing, nude but for cloak over shoulders and kalathos on head, patera in right hand, cornucopia in left hand, SIS in exergue; SOLD










OBVERSE| LEGENDS|

CONSTANTIVSAVG
CONSTANTIVSCAES
CONSTANTIVSCAESAR
CONSTANTIVSNC
CONSTANTIVSNOBC
CONSTANTIVSNOBCAES
CONSTANTIVSPFAVG
DNCONSTANTIONOBC
FLVALCONSTANTIVSNOBC
FLVALCONSTANTIVSNOBCAES
IMPCCONSTANTIVSPFAVG
IMPCONSTANTIVSAVG
IMPCCONSTANTIVSPFAVG
IMPMAXENTIVSDIVOCONSTANTIOADFINI
IMPMAXENTIVSDIVOCONSTANTIOCOGN
DIVOCONSTANTIOAVG
DIVOCONSTANTIOPIO
DIVOCONSTANTIOPIOPRINCIP

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