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    View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |Constantinian Era| > |Constantius II| > RL92655
Constantius II, 22 May 337 - 3 November 361 A.D.
|Constantius| |II|, |Constantius| |II,| |22| |May| |337| |-| |3| |November| |361| |A.D.|, On 11 May 330, Emperor Constantine the Great dedicated Constantinople, or Nova Roma (modern Istanbul), and moved the capitol of the Roman Empire there from Rome. He had spent 4 years building the city on the site of ancient Byzantium, having chosen the site for its strategic location (a seaport with easy access to Anatolia and the Danube).
RL92655. Billon reduced centenionalis, RIC VIII Constantinople 27, SRCV V 17994, Cohen VII 102, LRBC I 1055 var. (no terminating dot rev), Hunter V 73 var. (officina), VF, well centered, earthen encrustations, scratches, edge cracks, 3rd officina, Constantinople (Istanbul, Turkey) mint, weight 1.884g, maximum diameter 15.9mm, die axis 0o, 330 A.D.; obverse D N CONSTANTIVS P F AVG, rosette diademed head right; reverse GLORIA EXERCITVS• (glory of the army), two soldiers standing facing, heads turned inward confronted, one standard in center between them, each holds a spear in outer hand and rests inner hand on grounded shield, CONSΓ in exergue; SOLD










OBVERSE LEGENDS

CONSTANTIVSAVG
CONSTANTIVSAVGVSTVS
CONSTANTIVSMAXAVG
CONSTANTIVSNOBC
CONSTANTIVSNOBCAES
CONSTANTIVSPFAVG DNCONSTANTIAVGVSTI
DNCONSTANTIVSAVG
DNCONSTANTIVSMAXAVG
DNCONSTANTIVSNOBCAES
DNCONSTANTIVSPERPAVG
DNCONSTANTIVSPFAVG
FLACONSTANTIVSNOBC
FLIVLCONSTANTIVSAVG
FLIVLCONSTANTIVSNOBC
FLIVLCONSTANTIVSNOBCAES
FLIVLCONSTANTIVSPERPAVG
FLIVLCONSTANTIVSPFAVG
FLIVLCONSTANTIVSPIVSFELIXAVG

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