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Constantius II- VOT/XX/MVLT/XXX
Constantius II, 22 May 337 - 3 November 361 A.D.

Obverse:

Pearl-diademed head right

D N CONSTAN-TIVS P F AVG

D N: Dominus Noster, Our Lord
CONSTANTIVS: Constantius 
P F: Pius felix 
AVG: Augustus, emperor

Reverse: 

VOT XX MVLT XXX in wreath
VOT/XX/MVLT/XXX

VOT : 'Votis decennalibus (solutis), 

X X: 20 

MVLT: multis vicennalibus (susceptis), 

XXX: 30

Domination: Bronze AE 4, size 15 mm

Mint: ??

Vota  (plural of votum). A vow made to a god in order to obtain a divine favour stipulated in advance. The granting of the request obliged the vower to fulfil his promise. This usually took the form of a sacrifice to the deity or an offering to his (or her) temple. Public vota in Imperial times were normally for the welfare of the emperor over a stated period of time (five or ten years) and were regularly undertaken (vota suscepta) and hopefully paid (vota soluta). Sometimes they were more specific, relating to the safety of the emperor on a particularly hazardous journey or military campaign, or the current state of his health. The undertaking and fulfillment of these public vows was frequently recorded on the coinage and in the late Empire especially may provide useful evidence for the chronological arrangement of issues

Constantius II- VOT/XX/MVLT/XXX

Constantius II, 22 May 337 - 3 November 361 A.D.

Obverse:

Pearl-diademed head right

D N CONSTAN-TIVS P F AVG

D N: Dominus Noster, Our Lord
CONSTANTIVS: Constantius
P F: Pius felix
AVG: Augustus, emperor

Reverse:

VOT XX MVLT XXX in wreath
VOT/XX/MVLT/XXX

VOT : 'Votis decennalibus (solutis),

X X: 20

MVLT: multis vicennalibus (susceptis),

XXX: 30

Domination: Bronze AE 4, size 15 mm

Mint: ??

Vota (plural of votum). A vow made to a god in order to obtain a divine favour stipulated in advance. The granting of the request obliged the vower to fulfil his promise. This usually took the form of a sacrifice to the deity or an offering to his (or her) temple. Public vota in Imperial times were normally for the welfare of the emperor over a stated period of time (five or ten years) and were regularly undertaken (vota suscepta) and hopefully paid (vota soluta). Sometimes they were more specific, relating to the safety of the emperor on a particularly hazardous journey or military campaign, or the current state of his health. The undertaking and fulfillment of these public vows was frequently recorded on the coinage and in the late Empire especially may provide useful evidence for the chronological arrangement of issues


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