Arelatum - Constantina (Arles, France)Roman| |coins struck at |Arelatum for |sale in the |Forum |Ancient |Coins |consignment |shop.In 328 Arelatum (Arelate) was renamed Constantina in honor of Constantine II. After Constantine II was killed in 340, the name reverted to Arelatum, only to be changed again in 354 to Constantina by Constantius II. It retained that name, although the mintmark
'AR' appeared on some of its coins even in the fifth century. Roman
mint dates of operation: 313 - 475 A.D. Mintmarks: A, AR, ARL, CON,
CONST, KON, KONSTAN.
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ARELATE,
a city in Gallia Narbonesis, now called Arles, and
to this day a considerable town in Provence, being the See of an
Archbishopric. Ansonius calls it Gallula Roma. Pande
duplex, Arelate, tuos blanda hospita Portus Gallula
Roma --- --- [Open wide, Arelate, thy ports with friendly
welcome, thou little Gallicised Rome.] It
is one of the six cities, to which the right of coining money was
conceded, in the lower empire; whence coins of Constantine and others
have for their mint-mark ARL. P. Arelatensium Prima, &c.--See
Pitiscus and Rasche, who call Arelate a Roman colony; it is, how-ever,
not included, as such, in the respective catalogs of Eckhel or
Mionnet.
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Arelatum - Constantina (Arles|, France)Roman| |coins struck at |Arelatum for |sale in the |Forum |Ancient |Coins |consignment |shop.In 328 Arelatum (Arelate) was renamed Constantina in honor of Constantine II. After Constantine II was killed in 340, the name reverted to Arelatum, only to be changed again in 354 to Constantina by Constantius II. It retained that name, although the mintmark
'AR' appeared on some of its coins even in the fifth century. Roman
mint dates of operation: 313 - 475 A.D. Mintmarks: A, AR, ARL, CON,
CONST, KON, KONSTAN.
DICTIONARY| OF ROMAN| COINS|
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ARELATE,
a city in Gallia Narbonesis, now called Arles, and
to this day a considerable town in Provence, being the See of an
Archbishopric. Ansonius calls it Gallula Roma. Pande
duplex, Arelate, tuos blanda hospita Portus Gallula
Roma --- --- [Open wide, Arelate, thy ports with friendly
welcome, thou little Gallicised Rome.] It
is one of the six cities, to which the right of coining money was
conceded, in the lower empire; whence coins of Constantine and others
have for their mint-mark ARL. P. Arelatensium Prima, &c.--See
Pitiscus and Rasche, who call Arelate a Roman colony; it is, how-ever,
not included, as such, in the respective catalogs of Eckhel or
Mionnet.
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Coins|
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