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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |The Tetrarchy| > |Constantius I| > RA86262
Constantius I, May 305 - 25 July 306 A.D.
|Constantius| |I|, |Constantius| |I,| |May| |305| |-| |25| |July| |306| |A.D.|, In 296, Constantius Chlorus assembled two invasion fleets with the intent of crossing the English Channel. The first was under the command of Asclepiodotus, Constantius' long serving Praetorian Prefect. He sailed from the mouth of the Seine, and landed near the Isle of Wight, where his forces defeated the usurper Allectus in Hampshire. Constantius sailed with his fleet from Boulogne and occupied London, saving the city from an attack by Frankish mercenaries who were roaming the province.
RA86262. Copper post-reform radiate, RIC VI Cyzicus 18a, SRCV IV 14104, Cohen VII 20, F, excellent centering, cleaning scratches, 2nd officina, Cyzicus (Kapu Dagh, Turkey) mint, weight 3.252g, maximum diameter 22.2mm, die axis 0o, 295 - 299 A.D.; obverse FL VAL CONSTANTIVS NOB CAES, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right; reverse CONCORDIA MILITVM (harmony with the soldiers), Constantius standing right confronting Jupiter standing left, Jupiter presenting Victory on globe in his right hand and holding long scepter vertical in his left hand, Victory crowns Constantius with a wreath in her right hand and holds a palm frond in her left hand, KB in center; SOLD










REFERENCES

Bastien, P. "Coins with a Double Effigy Issued by Licinius at Nicomedia, Cyzicus, and Antioch" in NC 1973.


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