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The seller identified this as from Trier, but now that I see the mintmark a bit clearer, I am thinking maybe it's an official issue from Heraclea?Matthew W2

ROME. Constantine I. AD 307/310-337
Æ Follis (18mm, 3.46 g, 11 h)
Treveri (Trier) mint, 1st officina. Struck spring AD 317.
IMP CONSTANTINVS PF AVG
Laureate and cuirassed bust right
SOLI INVICTO COMITI
Sol standing left, extending arm and holding globe; T-F//BTR
RIC VII 97
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*SOLD*Tetricus I Antoninianus

Attribution: RIC V 100, AGK 8b, Mairat 367, Cohen 95, Sear 3179; Trier, 4th emission
Date: AD 272-274
Obverse: IMP C TETRICVS PF AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust r.
Reverse: PAX AVG, Pax stg. facing, head l., holding branch and scepter
Size: 19mm
Weight: 2.24 gramsNoah

052a23. PostumusAE Dupondius or Double Sestertius. Trier, ca 261 AD. 24mm, 9.59 g.
Obv: IMP C M CASS LAT POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right. Rev: GERMAN-ICVS MAX V, trophy with bound captive to either side; in both fields, crossed shields. RIC V 198 (Lugdunum), Cohen 86, Sear 11041 (double Sest.).lawrence c

058a03. VictorinusAE Antoninianus. Trier, 270/1 AD. Obv: IMP C VICTORINVS P F AVG, radiate cuirassed bust right. Rev: VIRTVS AVG, Virtus standing right, holding spear and shield. RIC 78; Cohen 131; Sear 11185.lawrence c

079a03. Constantius IAE Follis. 25.3x27.2mm, 9.32 g. Trier, 296-297 AD. Obv: CONSTANTIVS NOB CAES, laureate head left. Rev: GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius standing left, modius on head, naked except for chlamys over left shoulder, holding patera and cornucopiae, B to left, star to right. Mintmark TR. RIC 220a.

Coin Note: Interesting portrait that appears more humanized than most for the period.lawrence c

083a29. Constantine IAE half follis, issued 310-311. Trier, 2.14g, 18mm. Obv: CONSTANTINVS AVG; Laureate and draped bust right, seen from behind. Rev: MARTI CONSERV; Mars standing right, holding reversed spear and round shield both set on ground; PTR in ex. RIC VI 896. AMMC Auction 3, Lot 323.
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087a06. Constantine IIAE3. 18mm, 2.16 g. Trier, 322-323 AD. Obv: CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C, laureate, draped bust left, holding Victory and mappa. Rev: BEATA TRAN-QVILLITAS, large globe on an altar inscribed VO-TIS- XX in three lines, three stars above. Mintmark STR dot. RIC 382.lawrence c

090a06. ConstansAE4. 16mm, 1.47 g. Trier, 347-348 AD. Obv: CONSTAN-S PF AVG, pearl-diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right. Rev: VICTORIAE DD AVGGQ NN, two Victories standing facing with wreaths held aloft, D in centre. Mintmark TRP. RIC 196.lawrence c

091b. Poemenius (?) in the name of Constantius IIPoemenius was a Roman officer who seized control of Trier in 353 in support of Constantius II and in opposition to the usurper Magnentius. These coins with a Constantius II obverse and a Magnentius reverse are ascribed to this revolt. For details, see Walter C. Holt, EVIDENCE OF THE COINAGE OF POEMENIUS' REVOLT AT TRIER, American Journal of Numismatics (1989-) , 2003, Vol. 15 (2003), pp. 61-76.
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093a01. Decentius AE29, Trier, 353 AD. 7,72g. D N DECENTIVS FORT CAES, bare-headed, draped, cuirassed bust right / SALVS DD NN AVG ET CAES, Large chi-rho between A and omega. PTR mintmarklawrence c

098 Postumus (260-269 A.D.), Trier, RIC V-II 323, AE-Antoninianus, PROVIDENTIA AVG, Providentia standing left, #1098 Postumus (260-269 A.D.), Trier, RIC V-II 323, AE-Antoninianus, PROVIDENTIA AVG, Providentia standing left, #1
avers: IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
revers: PROVIDENT IA AVG, Providentia standing left,
exergue: -/-//--, diameter: 21,5-22,5 mm, weight: 2,45g, axes: 1h,
mint: Trier, date: 263-265 A.D.,
ref: RIC V-II 323, RSC 295a, Sear 10979,
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098 Postumus (260-269 A.D.), Trier, RIC V-II 326, AE-Antoninianus, SALVS AVG, Aesculapius standing facing, head left, #1098 Postumus (260-269 A.D.), Trier, RIC V-II 326, AE-Antoninianus, SALVS AVG, Aesculapius standing facing, head left, #1
avers: IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
reverse: SALVS AVG, Aesculapius standing facing, head left, leaning on a serpent-entwined staff, globe at feet.
exergue: -/-//--, diameter: 19,5-22,5mm, weight: 3,61g, axes: 6h,
mint: Trier, date: 260-269 A.D.,
ref: RIC V-II 326, RSC 336a, Sear 10985,
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1.16 Constantine as Caesar: Treveri follis.Follis, Summer 307, Treveri mint.
Obverse: FL VAL CONSTANTINVS NOB C / Laureate bust of Constantine.
Reverse: GENIO POP ROM / Genius standing, holding patera and cornucopia. S in left field; A in right field.
Mint mark: PTR
7.75 gm., 27 mm.
RIC #719b; PBCC #122; Sear #15520.1 commentsCallimachus

132. Tetricus II (273-274 A.D.)Av.: C PIV ESV TETRICVS CAES
Rv.: SPES AVGG

AE Antoninian Ø20 / 2.2g
RIC V 270 Trier, Cohen 88, Elmer 791

136 Constantinus I. (306-309 A.D. Caesar, 309-910 A.D. Filius Augustorum, 307-337 A.D. Augustus), Treveri, RIC VII 318, AE-3 Follis, -/-//PTR, BEATA TRANQVILLITAS, Altar, Rare! #1136 Constantinus I. (306-309 A.D. Caesar, 309-910 A.D. Filius Augustorum, 307-337 A.D. Augustus), Treveri, RIC VII 318, AE-3 Follis, -/-//PTR, BEATA TRANQVILLITAS, Altar, Rare! #1
avers: CONSTANT INVS AVG, Laureate head right, wearing trabea, eagle-tipped scepter in the right hand.
reverse: BEATA TRAN QVILLITAS, Globe set on altar inscribed VOT/IS/XX, above three stars.
exergue: -/-//PTR, diameter: 18,5-20,0mm, weight: 3,40g, axes: 6h, Rare!
mint: Treveri, date: 321 A.D., ref: RIC VI 318, p-191,
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136 Constantinus I. (306-309 A.D. Caesar, 309-910 A.D. Filius Augustorum, 307-337 A.D. Augustus), Trier, RIC VI 866a, AE-3 Follis, T/F//PTR, SOLI INVICTO COMITI, Sol radiated standing left, Scarce!136 Constantinus I. (306-309 A.D. Caesar, 309-910 A.D. Filius Augustorum, 307-337 A.D. Augustus), Trier, RIC VI 866a, AE-3 Follis, T/F//PTR, SOLI INVICTO COMITI, Sol radiated standing left, Scarce!
avers:- IMP CONSTANTINVS P F AVG, Laureate and cuirassed bust right.
revers:- SOLI INVI CTO COMITI, Sol radiated standing left, rising right hand, holding globe in left hand,chlamys across left shoulder.
exerg: T/F//PTR, diameter: 23-24mm, weight: 4,24g, axes: 0h,
mint: Treveri, date: 310-313 A.D., ref: RIC-VI-866a, p-226, Scarce!
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136 Constantinus I. (306-309 A.D. Caesar, 309-910 A.D. Filius Augustorum, 307-337 A.D. Augustus), Trier, RIC VI 899, AE-3 Follis, -/-//PTR, SOLI INVICTO, Sol radiated standing left, Scarce!136 Constantinus I. (306-309 A.D. Caesar, 309-910 A.D. Filius Augustorum, 307-337 A.D. Augustus), Trier, RIC VI 899, AE-3 Follis, -/-//PTR, SOLI INVICTO, Sol radiated standing left, Scarce!
avers:- CONSTANTINVS AVG, Laureate, and cuirassed bust right.
revers:- SOLI INVI CTO, Sol radiated standing left, raising right hand, holding the globe in left hand, chlamys across left shoulder.
exerg: -/-//PTR, diameter: 17,0-18,5mm, weight: g, axes: ,
mint: Treveri, date: 310-311 A.D., ref: RIC-VI-899, p-, Scarce!
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136 Constantinus I. (306-309 A.D. Caesar, 309-910 A.D. Filius Augustorum, 307-337 A.D. Augustus), Trier, RIC VII 042, AE-2 Follis, F/T//PTR, SOLI INVICTO COMITI, Sol radiate, head left, R3!136 Constantinus I. (306-309 A.D. Caesar, 309-910 A.D. Filius Augustorum, 307-337 A.D. Augustus), Trier, RIC VII 042, AE-2 Follis, F/T//PTR, SOLI INVICTO COMITI, Sol radiate, head left, R3!
avers:- CONSTANTINVS P F AVG (1d,B5), Laurate, and cuirassed bust right.
revers:- SOLI INVIC TO COMITI, Sol radiate, head left, rising right hand, chlamys over left shoulder, and hanging behind, across the right shoulder, holding up globe left hand.
exerg: F/T//PTR, diameter: mm, weight: g, axis: h,
mint: Trier, 1st.-off., date: 313-315-A.D., ref:RIC-VII-42, p-168, R3!
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136 Constantinus I. (306-309 A.D. Caesar, 309-910 A.D. Filius Augustorum, 307-337 A.D. Augustus), Trier, RIC VII 216, AE-3 Follis, -/-//STR, VICTORIA LAETAE PRINC PERP, R3!!!136 Constantinus I. (306-309 A.D. Caesar, 309-910 A.D. Filius Augustorum, 307-337 A.D. Augustus), Trier, RIC VII 216, AE-3 Follis, -/-//STR, VICTORIA LAETAE PRINC PERP, R3!!!
avers:- IMP CONS TANTINVS AVG, 1c, Laureate, helmeted, cuirassed bust right.
rever:- VICTORIA LAETAE PRINC PERP,D6, Two Victories standing, facing each other, together holding shield reading VOT/PR on cippus, star in altar.
exergo: -/-//STR, diameter: 17mm, weight: 2,61g, axis: 0h,
mint: Trier, date: 319 A.D., ref: RIC-VII-216, p183, * in altar, R3!!!
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136 Constantinus I. (306-309 A.D. Caesar, 309-910 A.D. Filius Augustorum, 307-337 A.D. Augustus), Trier, RIC VII 342, AE-3 Follis, -/-//PTR•, BEATA TRANQVILLITAS, #2136 Constantinus I. (306-309 A.D. Caesar, 309-910 A.D. Filius Augustorum, 307-337 A.D. Augustus), Trier, RIC VII 342, AE-3 Follis, -/-//PTR•, BEATA TRANQVILLITAS, #2
avers:- CONSTAN TINVS AVG, 1, K3, Laureate head left, wearing trabea, eagle-tipped sceptre in right hand.
revers:- BEATA TRANQVILLITAS, Globe set on altar inscribed VO/TIS/XX, above tree stars.
exerg: -/-//PTR•, diameter: 20-21,5 mm, weight: 2,84g, axes: 6h,
mint: Treveri, date: 320 A.D., ref: RIC VI 342, p-194,
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136 Constantinus I. (306-309 A.D. Caesar, 309-910 A.D. Filius Augustorum, 307-337 A.D. Augustus), Trier, RIC VII 342, AE-3 Follis, -/-//PTR•, BEATA TRANQVILLITAS, Altar, #1136 Constantinus I. (306-309 A.D. Caesar, 309-910 A.D. Filius Augustorum, 307-337 A.D. Augustus), Trier, RIC VII 342, AE-3 Follis, -/-//PTR•, BEATA TRANQVILLITAS, Altar, #1
avers: CONSTAN TINVS AVG, 1, K3, Laureate head right, wearing trabea, eagle-tipped scepter in the right hand.
reverse: BEATA TRAN QVILLITAS, Globe set on altar inscribed VO/TIS/XX, above tree stars.
exergue: -/-//PTR•, diameter: 19,0 mm, weight: 2,90g, axes: 0h,
mint: Treveri, date: 320 A.D., ref: RIC VI 342, p-194,
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136 Constantinus I. (306-309 A.D. Caesar, 309-910 A.D. Filius Augustorum, 307-337 A.D. Augustus), Trier, RIC VII 343, AE-3 Follis, -/-//STR•, BEATA TRANQVILLITAS, Scarce!! #1136 Constantinus I. (306-309 A.D. Caesar, 309-910 A.D. Filius Augustorum, 307-337 A.D. Augustus), Trier, RIC VII 343, AE-3 Follis, -/-//STR•, BEATA TRANQVILLITAS, Scarce!! #1
avers: CONSTAN TINVS AVG, 1, K3-l., Laureate head left, wearing trabea, eagle-tipped scepter in the right hand.
reverse: BEATA TRAN QVILLITAS, Globe set on altar inscribed VO/TIS/XX, above tree stars.
exergue: -/-//STR•, diameter: 17,5-19,5mm, weight: 2,63g, axes: 6h,
mint: Trier, date: 322 A.D., ref: RIC VI 343, p-194, Scarce!!
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136 Constantinus I. (306-309 A.D. Caesar, 309-910 A.D. Filius Augustorum, 307-337 A.D. Augustus), Trier, RIC VII 343, AE-3 Follis, -/-//STR•, BEATA TRANQVILLITAS, Scarce!! #2136 Constantinus I. (306-309 A.D. Caesar, 309-910 A.D. Filius Augustorum, 307-337 A.D. Augustus), Trier, RIC VII 343, AE-3 Follis, -/-//STR•, BEATA TRANQVILLITAS, Scarce!! #2
avers: CONSTAN TINVS AVG, 1, K3-l., Laureate head left, wearing trabea, eagle-tipped scepter in the right hand.
reverse: BEATA TRAN QVILLITAS, Globe set on altar inscribed VO/TIS/XX, above tree stars.
exergue: -/-//STR•, diameter: 19,0mm, weight: 3,18g, axes: 6h,
mint: Trier, date: 320 A.D., ref: RIC VI 343, p-194, Scarce!!
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136 Constantinus I. (306-309 A.D. Caesar, 309-910 A.D. Filius Augustorum, 307-337 A.D. Augustus), Trier, RIC VII 389, AE-3 Follis, -/-//•PTRCrescent, BEATA TRANQVILLITAS, Altar,136 Constantinus I. (306-309 A.D. Caesar, 309-910 A.D. Filius Augustorum, 307-337 A.D. Augustus), Trier, RIC VII 389, AE-3 Follis, -/-//•PTRCrescent, BEATA TRANQVILLITAS, Altar,
avers:- CONSTAN TINVS AVG, 1, D2, Helmeted cuirassed head right.
revers:- BEATA TRAN QVILLITAS, Globe set on altar inscribed VO/TIS/XX, above tree stars.
exerg: -/-//•PTRCrescent, diameter: 19-19,5mm, weight: 4,81g, axes: 6h,
mint: Trier, date: 323 A.D., ref: RIC VII 389, p-199, c2,
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136 Constantinus I. (306-309 A.D. Caesar, 309-910 A.D. Filius Augustorum, 307-337 A.D. Augustus), Trier, RIC VII 389, AE-3 Follis, -/-//•STR Crescent, BEATA TRANQVILLITAS, Altar,136 Constantinus I. (306-309 A.D. Caesar, 309-910 A.D. Filius Augustorum, 307-337 A.D. Augustus), Trier, RIC VII 389, AE-3 Follis, -/-//•STR Crescent, BEATA TRANQVILLITAS, Altar,
avers:- CONSTAN TINVS AVG, 1, D2, Helmeted cuirassed head right.
revers:- BEATA TRANQ VILLITAS, Globe set on altar inscribed VO/TIS/XX, above tree stars.
exerg: -/-//•STR Crescent, diameter: 18,5-20 mm, weight: 2,99g, axes: 1h,
mint: Trier, date: 323 A.D., ref: RIC VII 389, p-199, c2,
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136 Constantinus I. (306-309 A.D. Caesar, 309-910 A.D. Filius Augustorum, 307-337 A.D. Augustus), Trier, RIC VII 429P, AE-3 Follis, -/-//PTR, SARMATIA DEVICTA, Victory advancing right, #1136 Constantinus I. (306-309 A.D. Caesar, 309-910 A.D. Filius Augustorum, 307-337 A.D. Augustus), Trier, RIC VII 429P, AE-3 Follis, -/-//PTR, SARMATIA DEVICTA, Victory advancing right, #1
avers:- CONSTAN TINVS AVG, 1,B1, Laureate head right.
rever:- SARMATIA DEVICTA, Victory advancing right, stepping on captive, holding trophy and palm.
exergo: -/-//PTR, diameter: 17,5-18,5mm, weight: 2,94g , axis: 6h,
mint: Trier, 1st off., date: 323-324 A.D., ref: RIC-VII-429P, p-201,
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136 Constantinus I. (306-309 A.D. Caesar, 309-910 A.D. Filius Augustorum, 307-337 A.D. Augustus), Trier, RIC VII 435, AE-3 Follis, -/-//PTRCrescent, SARMATIA DEVICTA, Victory advancing right, #1136 Constantinus I. (306-309 A.D. Caesar, 309-910 A.D. Filius Augustorum, 307-337 A.D. Augustus), Trier, RIC VII 435, AE-3 Follis, -/-//PTRCrescent, SARMATIA DEVICTA, Victory advancing right, #1
avers: CONSTAN TINVS AVG, 1, B1, Laureate head right.
reverse: SARMATIA DEVICTA, Victory advancing right, stepping on captive, holding trophy and palm.
exergue: -/-//PTRCrescent, diameter: 18,0-18,8mm, weight: 2,42g, axis: 5h,
mint: Trier, 1st off., date: 323-324 A.D.,
ref: RIC VII 435, p-202,
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136 Constantinus I. (306-309 A.D. Caesar, 309-910 A.D. Filius Augustorum, 307-337 A.D. Augustus), Trier, RIC VII 435, AE-3 Follis, -/-//PTRCrescent, SARMATIA DEVICTA, Victory advancing right, #2136 Constantinus I. (306-309 A.D. Caesar, 309-910 A.D. Filius Augustorum, 307-337 A.D. Augustus), Trier, RIC VII 435, AE-3 Follis, -/-//PTRCrescent, SARMATIA DEVICTA, Victory advancing right, #2
avers: CONSTAN TINVS AVG, 1, B1, Laureate head right.
reverse: SARMATIA DEVICTA, Victory advancing right, stepping on captive, holding trophy and palm.
exergue: -/-//PTRCrescent, diameter: 17,3-18,9mm, weight: 2,27g, axis: 5h,
mint: Trier, 1st off., date: 323-324 A.D.,
ref: RIC VII 435, p-202,
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136 Constantinus I. (306-309 A.D. Caesar, 309-910 A.D. Filius Augustorum, 307-337 A.D. Augustus), Trier, RIC VII 435var, AE-3 Follis, -/-//PTRCrescent, SARMATIA DEVICTA, double Follis !!!, Not in RIC !136 Constantinus I. (306-309 A.D. Caesar, 309-910 A.D. Filius Augustorum, 307-337 A.D. Augustus), Trier, RIC VII 435var, AE-3 Follis, -/-//PTRCrescent, SARMATIA DEVICTA, double Follis !!!, Not in RIC!
avers: CONSTAN TINVS AVG, 1, B1, Laureate head right.
reverse: SARMATIA DEVICTA, Victory advancing right, stepping on captive, holding trophy and palm.
exergue: -/-//PTRCrescent, diameter: 20mm, weight: 5,22g !!! , thickness: 2,6mm !!! , axis: 6h,
mint: Trier, 1st off., date: 323-324 A.D.,
ref: RIC VII 435var., p-202,
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136 Constantinus I. (306-309 A.D. Caesar, 309-910 A.D. Filius Augustorum, 307-337 A.D. Augustus), Trier, RIC VII ???, AR-Argenteus, -/-//PTR, VICTORIA LAETAE PRINC PERP, Not in RIC !!!136 Constantinus I. (306-309 A.D. Caesar, 309-910 A.D. Filius Augustorum, 307-337 A.D. Augustus), Trier, RIC VII ???, AR-Argenteus, -/-//PTR, VICTORIA LAETAE PRINC PERP, Not in RIC !!!
avers:- IMP CONSTANTI NVS AVG, bust l., high-crested helmet, cuir., dr., spear across r. shoulder..
rever:- VICTORIA LAETAE PRINC PERP, two Victories stg. facing one another, together holding shield inscribed VOT/PR on altar. PTR in exergue.
"UNLISTED ISSUE. This issue is listed erroneously in RIC VII as regular follis (TRIER 208A, p. 181), but in fact it is "billon argenteus" (c. 25% of silver) and belongs to the group of TREVERI 825-826 in RIC VI. Note that only PTR mark is correct, because of only one officina working at that time at Treveri. Note also that the bust type is similar to H11 from RIC VII, but there are also a few differences: bust is usually larger, half-length, and could be described as cuirassed and draped. Coin should be listed after TREVERI 826. See: Bastien, P., "L’émission de monnaies de billon de Treves au début de 313", Quaderni Ticinesi (Numismatica e Antichità Classiche) 1982, XI, p. 271-278. See: CORRIGENDA, VOL. VII, p. 181, CORRIGENDA, VOL. VI, p. 224" by Lech Stepniewski, in "Not in RIC" , thank you Lech Stepniewski,
http://www.forumancientcoins.com/notinric/6tre-826.html
exergo: -/-//PTR, diameter: 19mm, weight: 2,73g, axis: h,
mint: Trier, date: 318-319 A.D., ref: RIC VI Trier 825-6?, RIC VI, "TREVERI [after 826], CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED ISSUE" by Lech Stepniewski,
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137 Trier, RIC VII 542, VRBS ROMA, Commemorative, (332-333 A.D.), AE-3, -/-//TR•P, She-wolf left, #1137 Trier, RIC VII 542, VRBS ROMA, Commemorative, (332-333 A.D.), AE-3, -/-//TR•P, She-wolf left, #1
avers: VRBS ROMA, Helmeted bust of Roma left.
reverse: She-wolf and twins, 2 stars above, palm branch between them. Star on the wolf's Shoulder.
exergue: -/-//TR•P, diameter: 17,5-18,5mm, weight: 2,15g, axis: 6h,
mint: Trier, date: 332-333 A.D., ref: RIC VII 542, Sear 16488,
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137 Trier, RIC VII 561, VRBS ROMA, Commemorative, (333-334 A.D.), AE-3, -/-//TRS, She-wolf left, C3! #1137 Trier, RIC VII 561, VRBS ROMA, Commemorative, (333-334 A.D.), AE-3, -/-//TRS, She-wolf left, C3! #1
avers: VRBS ROMA, Helmeted bust of Roma left.
reverse: She-wolf and twins, 2 stars above, palm branch between them.
exergue: -/-//TRS, diameter: 15,5 mm, weight: 1,69 g, axis: 6 h,
mint: Trier, date: 333-334 A.D., ref: RIC VII 561, p-218, C3!,
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140 Theodora (305-306 A.D.), AE-4 Follis, Trier, RIC VIII 091, -/-//TRS Palm, PIETAS ROMANA, Pietas facing, head right,140 Theodora (305-306 A.D.), AE-4 Follis, Trier, RIC VIII 091, -/-//TRS Palm, PIETAS ROMANA, Pietas facing, head right,
2nd wife of Constantius I. (Chlorus).
avers:- FL-MAX-THEO-DORAE-AVG, Bust of Theodora right, wearing plain mantle and necklace, hair elaborately dressed.
revers:- PIETAS-ROMANA, Pietas facing, head right, carrying an infant at her breast.
exergo: -/-//TRS Palm, diameter: 13,5-14,5mm, weight:1,71g, axis: 0h,
mint: Trier, date: 340 A.D., ref: RIC-VIII-91, p-144,
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1401a, St. Helena, Augusta 8 November 324 - 328 to 330 A.D., mother of Constantine the GreatBronze AE 3, RIC 148, VF, Alexandria mint, 3.243g, 19.4mm, 165o, 327 - 328 A.D. Obverse: FL HELENA AVGVSTA, diademed and mantled bust right wearing double necklace; Reverse: SECVRITAS REIPVBLICE, Securitas holding branch downward in right and lifting fold of robe in left, wreath left, I right, SMAL in exergue; rare.

The mother of Constantine the Great, born about the middle of the third century, possibly in Drepanum (later known as Helenopolis) on the Nicomedian Gulf; died about 330. She was of humble parentage; St. Ambrose, in his "Oratio de obitu Theodosii", referred to her as a stabularia, or inn-keeper. Nevertheless, she became the lawful wife of Constantius Chlorus. Her first and only son, Constantine, was born in Naissus in Upper Moesia, in the year 274. The statement made by English chroniclers of the Middle Ages, according to which Helena was supposed to have been the daughter of a British prince, is entirely without historical foundation. It may arise from the misinterpretation of a term used in the fourth chapter of the panegyric on Constantine's marriage with Fausta, that Constantine, oriendo (i. e., "by his beginnings," "from the outset") had honoured Britain, which was taken as an allusion to his birth, whereas the reference was really to the beginning of his reign.

On the death of Constantius Chlorus, in 308, Constantine, who succeeded him, summoned his mother to the imperial court, conferred on her the title of Augusta, ordered that all honour should be paid her as the mother of the sovereign, and had coins struck bearing her effigy. Her son's influence caused her to embrace Christianity after his victory over Maxentius. This is directly attested by Eusebius (Vita Constantini, III, xlvii): "She (his mother) became under his (Constantine's) influence such a devout servant of God, that one might believe her to have been from her very childhood a disciple of the Redeemer of mankind". It is also clear from the declaration of the contemporary historian of the Church that Helena, from the time of her conversion had an earnestly Christian life and by her influence and liberality favoured the wider spread of Christianity. Tradition links her name with the building of Christian churches in the cities of the West, where the imperial court resided, notably at Rome and Trier, and there is no reason for rejecting this tradition, for we know positively through Eusebius that Helena erected churches on the hallowed spots of Palestine. Despite her advanced age she undertook a journey to Palestine when Constantine, through his victory over Licinius, had become sole master of the Roman Empire, subsequently, therefore, to the year 324. It was in Palestine, as we learn from Eusebius (loc. cit., xlii), that she had resolved to bring to God, the King of kings, the homage and tribute of her devotion. She lavished on that land her bounties and good deeds, she "explored it with remarkable discernment", and "visited it with the care and solicitude of the emperor himself". Then, when she "had shown due veneration to the footsteps of the Saviour", she had two churches erected for the worship of God: one was raised in Bethlehem near the Grotto of the Nativity, the other on the Mount of the Ascension, near Jerusalem. She also embellished the sacred grotto with rich ornaments. This sojourn in Jerusalem proved the starting-point of the legend first recorded by Rufinus as to the discovery of the Cross of Christ.

Constantine I, in 327, improved Drepanum, his mother's native town, and decreed that it should be called Helenopolis, it is probable that the latter returned from Palestine to her son who was then residing in the Orient. Constantine was with her when she died, at the advanced age of eighty years or thereabouts (Eusebius, "Vita Const.", III, xlvi). This must have been about the year 330, for the last coins which are known to have been stamped with her name bore this date. Her body was brought to Constantinople and laid to rest in the imperial vault of the church of the Apostles. It is presumed that her remains were transferred in 849 to the Abbey of Hautvillers, in the French Archdiocese of Reims, as recorded by the monk Altmann in his "Translatio". She was revered as a saint, and the veneration spread, early in the ninth century, even to Western countries. Her feast falls on 18 August.

(See The Catholic Encyclopedia: http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07202b.htm)

Cleisthenes

145 Constantinus II. (316-337 A.D. Caesar, 337-340 A.D. Augustus), Trier, RIC VII Not in this bust, AE-3 Follis, -/-//•PTR•, BEATA TRANQVILLITAS, VO/TIS/XX, Altar, #1145 Constantinus II. (316-337 A.D. Caesar, 337-340 A.D. Augustus), Trier, RIC VII Not in this bust, AE-3 Follis, -/-//•PTR•, BEATA TRANQVILLITAS, VO/TIS/XX, Altar, #1
avers: CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C, 7a, K3r., Consular, laureate wearing trabea, eagle-tipped scepter in right hand, bust right.
reverse: BEATA TRAN QVILLITAS, Globe on altar inscribed VO/TIS/XX in three lines, above, three stars.
exergue: -/-//•PTR•, diameter:19 mm, weight: 2,30g, axis: 5h,
mint: Trier, date: 322-323 A.D.,
ref: RIC VII Not in this Bust., p-, "Die römische Münzserie Beata Tranquillitas in der Prägestätte Trier 321-323 (RMBT) #90"
Q-0011 commentsquadrans

148 Magnentius (350-353 A.D.), Trier, RIC VIII 267, AE-22, Centenionalis, A/-//--;-/-//TRP•, GLORIA ROMANORVM, Emperor in military dress galloping right, #1148 Magnentius (350-353 A.D.), Trier, RIC VIII 267, AE-22, Centenionalis, A/-//--;-/-//TRP•, GLORIA ROMANORVM, Emperor in military dress galloping right, #1
avers: D N MAGNEN TIVS P F AVG, Bare-headed, draped, cuirassed bust right, A behind the head.
revers: GLORIA ROMANORVM, Emperor in military dress galloping right, holding shield, wielding spear at a bare-headed foe before the horse.
exergue: A/-//--;-/-//TRP•, diameter: 21-21,5mm, weight: 4,66g, axis: 7h,
mint: Trier, date: 350-353 AD.,
ref: RIC VIII 267, C-,
Q-0013 commentsquadrans

148 Magnentius (350-353 A.D.), Trier, RIC VIII 316A, -/-//TRP, AE-2, Centenionalis, VICTORIAE D D N N AVG ET CAES, Two Victories, Rare!148 Magnentius (350-353 A.D.), Trier, RIC VIII 316A, -/-//TRP, AE-2, Centenionalis, VICTORIAE D D N N AVG ET CAES, Two Victories, Rare!
avers:- D N MAGNEN TIVS P F AVG, Bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust right, "A" behind the head.
revers:- VICTORIAE D D N N AVG ET CAES, Two Victories standing, facing each other, together holding wreath reading VOT/V/MVLT/X.
exerg: -/-//TRP, diameter: 21,5-22,5mm, weight: 4,63g, axis: 0h,
mint: Trier, date: 350-353 AD., ref: RIC VIII 316A, Rare!, Ex Künker 288, Collection Pudill.,
Q-0012 commentsquadrans

148 Magnentius (350-353 A.D.), Trier, RIC VIII 318, AE-28, Double Centenionalis, A/ω//TRS, SALVS D D N N AVG ET CAES, Large Chi-Rho,148 Magnentius (350-353 A.D.), Trier, RIC VIII 318, AE-28, Double Centenionalis, A/ω//TRS, SALVS D D N N AVG ET CAES, Large Chi-Rho,
avers:- D N MAGNEN TIVS P F AVG, Bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust right.
revers:- SALVS D D N N AVG ET CAES, Large Chi-Rho, A-ω across the field.
exerg: A/ω//TRS, diameter: 27-28mm, weight: 7,38g, axis: h,
mint: Trier, date: 350-353 AD., ref: RIC VIII 318, C-,
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1502c, Valens, 28 March 364 - 9 August 378 A.D. (Cyzikus)Bronze AE 3, S 4118, 2.42g, 16.5mm, 180o,Cyzikus, F/F, obverse D N VALENS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right; reverse SECVRITAS REIPVBLICAE, Victory advancing left, wreath in right, palm frond in left, SMK L(?) in exergue. Ex FORVM.

De Imperatoribus Romanis, An Online Encyclopedia of the Roman Emperors and their Families

Valens (365-369 AD.)

Noel Linski, University of Colorado

Valens was the brother of Valentinian I. On March 28, 364, precisely one month after his accession by Roman reckoning, Valentinian appointed his brother Flavius Valens co-emperor at the Hebdomon, the first in a long line of emperors proclaimed there. Themistius was present and later recounted the occasion in his Or. 6. After only two months of co-rulership, the two departed from Constantinople for their native Illyricum. Outside Naissus, in Moesia, they divided their administrative staff between them and at Sirmium they did the same with their mobile forces. Valens was to rule the east, from Thrace in the North and Cyrenaica in the South eastward to the Persian frontier. Valentinian ruled the west. They did not spend long in Sirmium. By late August 365 Valentinian had moved on toward Milan, where he resided for the following year before moving on to Trier, which remained his capital until 375. Similarly, Valens was back in Constantinople by December 364.and he was declared Augustus in 364 A.D. He was given command of the Eastern provinces, where he spent much of his time campaigning against the Goths and Persians.

In 376 A.D., Valens allowed Gothic tribes, who were being driven forward by the Huns to settle in the Danube provinces. The Goths were so badly treated by the Romans that they rebelled. Valens marched against the confederated barbarian army, and on August 9, 378, the two forces met at Adrianople. Although negotiations were attempted, these broke down when a Roman unit sallied forth and carried both sides into battle. The Romans held their own early on but were crushed by the surprise arrival of Greuthungi cavalry which split their ranks.

In one historical account, Valens was wounded in battle but escaped to a nearby farmstead where he was burned to death in a tower by Gothic marauders. The fourth century A.D. Roman historian Ammianus Marcellinus does not seem to concur with this story. Regardless, when the battle was over Valens' body was never recovered, 10,000 roman soldiers lay dead and the perception of Roman military invincibility was destroyed.

Adrianople was the most significant event in Valens' career. Though he displayed some talent as an administrator, Valens' persecutions of Nicene Christians and pagan philosophers, his halting efforts at military achievement and his obtuse personality rendered him a less than glorious emperor. To have died in so inglorious a battle has thus come to be regarded as the nadir of an unfortunate career. This is especially true because of the profound consequences of Valens' defeat.

Adrianople spelled the beginning of the end for Roman territorial integrity in the late empire and this fact was recognized even by contemporaries. The Roman historian Ammianus (325-391 AD) understood that it was the worst defeat in Roman history since Cannae. Rufinus (340–410 CE), monk, historian, and theologian; called it "the beginning of evils for the Roman empire then and thereafter."

Noel Lenski, University of Colorado
Published: De Imperatoribus Romanis: An Online Encyclopedia of Roman Rulers and their Families http://www.roman-emperors.org/startup.htm. Used by permission.

Edited by J. P. Fitzgerald, Jr.Cleisthenes

1502h, Valens, 364-378 A.D. (Heraclea)Valens, 364-378 A.D., Heraclea mint, VF, Chi-Rho standard reverse.

De Imperatoribus Romanis, An Online Encyclopedia of the Roman Emperors and their Families

Valens (365-369 AD.)

Noel Linski, University of Colorado

Valens was the brother of Valentinian I. On March 28, 364, precisely one month after his accession by Roman reckoning, Valentinian appointed his brother Flavius Valens co-emperor at the Hebdomon, the first in a long line of emperors proclaimed there. Themistius was present and later recounted the occasion in his Or. 6. After only two months of co-rulership, the two departed from Constantinople for their native Illyricum. Outside Naissus, in Moesia, they divided their administrative staff between them and at Sirmium they did the same with their mobile forces. Valens was to rule the east, from Thrace in the North and Cyrenaica in the South eastward to the Persian frontier. Valentinian ruled the west. They did not spend long in Sirmium. By late August 365 Valentinian had moved on toward Milan, where he resided for the following year before moving on to Trier, which remained his capital until 375. Similarly, Valens was back in Constantinople by December 364.and he was declared Augustus in 364 A.D. He was given command of the Eastern provinces, where he spent much of his time campaigning against the Goths and Persians.

In 376 A.D., Valens allowed Gothic tribes, who were being driven forward by the Huns to settle in the Danube provinces. The Goths were so badly treated by the Romans that they rebelled. Valens marched against the confederated barbarian army, and on August 9, 378, the two forces met at Adrianople. Although negotiations were attempted, these broke down when a Roman unit sallied forth and carried both sides into battle. The Romans held their own early on but were crushed by the surprise arrival of Greuthungi cavalry which split their ranks.

In one historical account, Valens was wounded in battle but escaped to a nearby farmstead where he was burned to death in a tower by Gothic marauders. The fourth century A.D. Roman historian Ammianus Marcellinus does not seem to concur with this story. Regardless, when the battle was over Valens' body was never recovered, 10,000 roman soldiers lay dead and the perception of Roman military invincibility had been destroyed.

Adrianople was the most significant event in Valens' career. Though he displayed some talent as an administrator, Valens' persecutions of Nicene Christians and pagan philosophers, his halting efforts at military achievement and his obtuse personality rendered him a less than glorious emperor. To have died in so inglorious a battle has thus come to be regarded as the nadir of an unfortunate career. This is especially true because of the profound consequences of Valens' defeat.

Adrianople spelled the beginning of the end for Roman territorial integrity in the late empire and this fact was recognized even by contemporaries. The Roman historian Ammianus (325-391 AD) understood that it was the worst defeat in Roman history since Cannae. Rufinus (340–410 CE), monk, historian, and theologian; called it "the beginning of evils for the Roman empire then and thereafter."

Noel Lenski, University of Colorado
Published: De Imperatoribus Romanis: An Online Encyclopedia of Roman Rulers and their Families http://www.roman-emperors.org/startup.htm. Used by permission.

Edited by J. P. Fitzgerald, Jr. 1 commentsCleisthenes

157-C1 VLLP Trier, RIC 221Constantine The Great, AE3, Trier mint
Obv: IMP CONSTAN-TINVS MAX AVG, Helmeted, Laureate, cuirassed bust right.
Rev: VICTORIAE LAETAE PRINC PERP, Two Victories placing shield inscribed VOT / PR on altar.
STR in exergue.
17mm , 3.3 gm.
RIC 221 , TrierJerome Holderman

158 Gratianus (367-383 A.D.), Trier, RIC IX 027f, AR Siliqua, -/-//TRPS•, VRBS ROMA, Roma seated left on throne, #1158 Gratianus (367-383 A.D.), Trier, RIC IX 027f, AR Siliqua, -/-//TRPS•, VRBS ROMA, Roma seated left on throne, #1
avers: D N GRATIA NVS P F AVG, Pearl-diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right.
reverse: VRBS ROMA, Roma seated left on throne, holding Victory on globe and scepter.
exergue: -/-//TRPS•, diameter: 18,0mm, weight: 2,16g, axes: 6h,
mint: Trier, date: 367-383 A.D.,
ref: RIC IX 027f, RSC 86b.,
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2.07 Constantine: Treveri follis.Follis, 310 - May 313, Treveri mint.
Obverse: CONSTANTINVS P F AVG / Laureate bust of Constantine.
Reverse: MARTI CONSERVATORI / Mars standing, leaning on reversed spear, resting shield on ground. T in left field; F in right field.
Mint mark: PTR
3.80 gm., 23.5 mm.
RIC #862; PBCC #155a; Sear #15981.Callimachus

2.10 Constantine: Treveri follis.Follis, 310 - 313, Treveri mint.
Obverse: CONSTANTINVS P F AVG / Laureate bust of Constantine.
Reverse: MARTI CONSERVATORI / Helmeted bust of Mars.
Mint mark: (none)
4.05 gm., 23 mm.
RIC #884; PBCC #156; Sear #16001.Callimachus

2.13 Constantine: Treveri follis.Follis, 310 - 313, Treveri mint.
Obverse: IMP CONSTANTINVS AVG / Laureate bust of Constantine.
Reverse: SOLI INVICTO COMITI / Radiate bust of Sol.
Mint mark: (none)
4.86 gm., 23 mm.
RIC #890; PBCC #158; Sear #16125.2 commentsCallimachus

2.16 Constantine: Treveri follis.Follis, 310 - 313, Treveri mint.
Obverse: CONSTANTINVS P F AVG / Laureate bust of Constantine.
Reverse: SOLI INVICTO COMITI / Sol standing, holding globe. T in left field, F in right field.
Mint mark: PTR

5.83 gm., 24 mm.
RIC #873; PBCC #157; Sear #16060.Callimachus

2.37 Constantine: Treveri follis.Follis, 313 - 315, Treveri mint.
Obverse: IMP CONSTANTINVS AVG / Laureate bust of Constantine.
Reverse: SOLI INVICTO COMITI / Sol standing, chlamys spread, raising right hand, holding globe in left hand. T in left field; F in right field.
Mint mark: PTR
3.98 gm., 20 mm.
RIC #44; PBCC #172; Sear #16061.Callimachus

2.52 Constantine: Treveri.AE3, 318-319, Treveri mint.
Obverse: IMP CONSTANTINVS MAX AVG / Helmeted and laureate bust of Constantine.
Reverse: VICTORIAE LAETAE PRINC PERP / Two Victories resting shield on altar. Shield is inscribed VOT P R.
Mint mark: STR
2.90 gm., 18 mm.
RIC #209; PBCC #188; Sear #16297.Callimachus

2.73 Constantine: Treveri.AE3, 322 - 323, Treveri mint.
Obverse: CONSTANTINVS AVG / Helmeted bust of Constantine.
Reverse: BEATA TRANQVILLITAS / Globe set on altar inscribed VOTIS XX.
Mint mark: . PTR .
3.95 gm., 19 mm.
RIC #368; PBCC #212; Sear #16177.Callimachus

27. Constantius II / Hut.Maiorina (?) (smaller AE 2), 348-350, Treveri mint.
Obverse: DN CONSTANTIVS P F AVG / Diademed bust of Constantius II, left, holding globe.
Reverse: FEL TEMP REPARATIO / Soldier, holding spear, pulling prisoner from a hut under a tree.
Mint mark: TRS
3.78 gm., 21 mm.
RIC # 222; LRBC #30; Sear #18208.Callimachus

3.10 Crispus: Treveri.AE3, 323 - 324, Treveri mint.
Obverse: IVL CRISPVS NOB C / Laureate bust of Crispus.
Reverse: CEASARVM NOSTRORVM / Laurel wreath enclosing VOT X.
Mint mark: PTR
3.99 gm., 19 mm.
RIC #431; PBCC #216; Sear #16760.Callimachus

312. VictorinusMarcus Piav(v)onius Victorinus was emperor of the successionist Gallic Empire from 268 to 270 or 271, following the brief reign of Marius.

Victorinus, born to a family of great wealth, was a soldier under Postumus, the first of the so-called Gallic emperors. Victorinus held the title of tribunus praetorianorum in 266/267, and was co-consul with Postumus in 267 or 268. Following the death of Marius, Victorinus was declared emperor by the troops located at Augusta Treverorum (Trier, Germany), and he was recognized by the provinces of Gaul and Britain, but not Spain, which reunited with the Roman Empire.

During his reign, Victorinus successfully prevented the city of Augustodunum Haeduorum (Autun, France) from rejoining the Roman Empire. The city was besieged for seven months, before it was stormed and plundered.

Victorinus was murdered in 270 or early 271 by Attitianus, one of his officers, whose wife Victorinus had supposedly seduced. Victorinus' mother, Victoria (or Vitruvia), continued to hold power after the death of Victorinus and she arranged for his deification and, after considerable payment to the troops, the appointment of Tetricus I as his successor.

Victorinus is listed among the Thirty Tyrants in the Historia Augusta. The (dubius) Historia Augusta equally has a short description of Victorinus the Younger, allegedly the son of Victorinus that was appointed Emperor by his family the day his father was murdered, and would have been killed immediately afterwards by the troops.

Victorinus antoninianus. IMP C VICTORINVS P F AVG, radiate, draped & cuirassed bust right / PAX AVG, Pax standing left. RIC 118, Cohen 79. ecoli

313. Tetricus ICaius Pius Esuvius Tetricus was emperor of the Gallic Empire from 270/271 to 273, following the murder of Victorinus. Tetricus, who ruled with his son, Tetricus II, was the last of the Gallic Emperors.

Tetricus was born to a noble family and held the administrative rank of praeses provinciae (provincial governor) of Aquitania at the time of Victorinus' death. Victorinus' mother, Victoria, paid the army heavily to declare Tetricus emperor near Burdigalia (Bordeaux, France), which was approved in Gaul and Britain. Following his appointment, Tetricus repelled Germanic tribes that took advantage of the confusion following the death of Victorinus to invade.

Tetricus installed his capital at Augusta Treverorum (present Trier, Germany, near the vital Rhine border, hence later seat of a Tetrarch) and appointed his son, Tetricus II, Caesar, i.e. junior emperor (273). Tetricus made no attempts to expand the Gallic Empire, other than southward, regaining Aquitania (which had rejoined the Roman empire during the reign of Claudius Gothicus).

In 273, Emperor Aurelian set out to reconquer the western Roman empire, following his victories in the east. Tetricus took his army southward from Trier to meet Aurelian, who was advancing into northern Gaul. The decisive battle took place near Châlons-sur-Marne, where Tetricus and his son surrendered to Aurelian.

According to literary sources, after being displayed as trophies at Aurelian's triumph in Rome, the lives of Tetricus and his son were spared by Aurelian and Tetricus was even given the title of corrector Lucaniae et Bruttiorum, that is governor of a region of Italia. Tetricus died at an unknown date living in Italy; he is listed as one of Rome's Thirty Tyrants in the Historia Augusta.ecoli

318-330 AD., Constantinus I., Trier mint imitative type, barbarous Follis, RIC p. 224.Constantinus (Constantine) I., Trier mint imitative type, officina 1, 318-330 AD.,
Follis / Æ3 (16-17 mm / 3,05 g),
Obv.: IMP CONSTANT - INVS AVG , cuirassed bust left, high crested helmet, spear in right hand over shoulder.
Rev.: [VIC]TORIAE LAETA PRINC IPF / STR (in exergue) , two Victories standing, facing each other and holding a shield inscribed VOT / PR on plain altar.
cf. http://www.beastcoins.com/Topical/VLPP/Coins/Imitative/VLPP-Trier-PTR-237.jpg ; cf. http://www.constantinethegreatcoins.com/barb2 .

Imitative Folles or "barbarous" bronze coins from this series are plentiful and range from extremely crude to nearly official in appearance. RIC footnotes as "irregular" or "semi-barbarous". On p. 224, Appendix to Trier, RIC describes and lists a number of "irregular" coins for the purpose of "illustrating the wide range of varieties known".

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38 Maximian: Treveri abdication follis.Follis, 305-306 AD, Treveri mint.
Obverse: DN MAXIMIANO BAEATISSIMO SEN AVG / Laureate bust of Maximian, wearing the imperial mantle, olive branch in right hand, mappa in left hand.
Reverse: PROVIDENTIA DEORVM QVIES AVGG / Providentia standing, extending hand to Quies, also standing, holding branch and leaning on sceptre. S F in fields.
Mint mark: PTR
12.62 gm., 27 mm.
RIC #673b; Sear #13394. Callimachus

39 Maximian: Treveri 2nd reign follis.Follis, summer 307 AD, Treveri mint.
Obverse: DN MAXIMIANO P F S AVG / Laureate bust of Maximian.
Reverse: GENIO POP ROM / Genius standing, holding patera and cornucopiae. S A in fields.
Mint mark: PTR
8.14 gm., 27 mm.
RIC #721; Sear #13446; PBCC #188.Callimachus

4.07 Constantine II: Treveri.AE3, 317 - 320, Treveri mint.
Obverse: FL CL CONSTANTINVS IVN N C / Bust of Constantine II.
Reverse: CLARITAS REIPVBLICAE / Sol standing, chlamys across left shoulder, raising right hand, holding globe in left hand. F in left field; T in right field.
Mint mark: BTR
2.79 gm., 20 mm.
RIC #180/181; PBCC #186; Sear #17109.Callimachus

5.04 Constantius II: Treveri.AE3, 326, Treveri mint.
Obverse: FL IVL CONSTANTIVS NOB C / Laureate bust of Constantius II.
Reverse: PROVIDENTIAE CAESS / Camp gate with two turrets, star above.
Mint mark: STR (crescent and dot)
3.80 gm., 20 mm.
RIC #480; LRBC #34; Sear #17618.Callimachus

5.07 Constantius II: Treveri.AE3, 332 - 333, Treveri mint .
Obverse: FL IVL CONSTANTIVS NOB C / Laureate bust of Constantius II.
Reverse: GLORIA EXERCITVS / Two soldiers, each holding spear and shield, two standards between them.
Mint mark: TR . S
2.40gm., 18 mm.
RIC #540; LRBC #64; Sear #17669. 1 commentsCallimachus

501b. Crispus BEATA TrierTrier

The Romans under Julius Caesar subdued the Celtic Treverans in 58 to 50 BC. When the Roman provinces in Germany were reorganised in 16 BC, Augustus decided that Trier, then called Augusta Treverorum, should become the regional capital. From 259 to 274 Trier was the capital of the break away Gallic Empire. Later for a few years (383 - 388) it was the capital of Magnus Maximus, who ruled most of the western Empire.

The ruins of the Roman baths.Sacked by Attila in 451, it passed to the Franks in 463, to Lorraine in 843, to Germany in 870, and back to Lorraine in 895, and was finally united to Germany by Henry I the Fowler. The Archbishop of Trier was, as chancellor of Burgundy, one of the electors of the empire, a right which originated in the 12th or 13th century, and which continued until the French Revolution. The last elector removed to Koblenz in 1786; and Trier was the capital of the French department of Sarre from 1794 till 1814, after which time it belonged to Prussia.

RIC VII Trier 308

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508. Julian II VOTA SirmiumSirmium

Sirmium was one of the oldest cities in Europe. Archaeologists have found a trace of organized human life dating from the 5000 BC.

When the Romans conquered the city in the 1st century BC, Sirmium already was a settlement with a long tradition.

In the 1st century, Sirmium gained a status of a colony of the citizens of Rome, and became a very important military and strategic location in Pannonia province. The war expeditions of Roman emperors Traian, Marcus Aurelius, and Claudius II, were prepared in Sirmium.

In 103, Pannonia was split into two provinces: Upper Pannonia and Lower Pannonia, and Sirmius became the capital city of Lower Pannonia.

In 296, Diocletian operated a new territorial division of Pannonia. Instead of previous two provinces, there were four new provinces established in former territory of original province: Pannonia Prima, Pannonia Valeria, Pannonia Savia and Pannonia Secunda. Capital city of Pannonia Secunda was Sirmium.

In 293, with the establishment of tetrarchy, the Roman Empire was split into four parts; Sirmium become one of the four capital cities of Roman Empire, the other three being Trier, Mmediolanum, and Nicomedia. During the tetrarchy, Sirmium was the capital of emperor Galerius. With the establishment of praetorian prefectures in 318, the capital of the prefecture of Illyricum was Sirmium. Sirmium was capital of this prefecture until 379, when the prefecture was divided politically into Eastern and Western Illyricum. The western part (including Sirmium) was included into prefecture of Italia. The eastern part of Illyricum remained a separate prefecture with the capital in Thessalonica.

The city also was an important Christian centre. Several Christian councils were held in Sirmium.

008. Julian II Sirmium

RIC VIII Sirmium 108 ASIRM???

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510. Valentinian IFlavius Valentinianus, known in English as Valentinian I, (321 - November 17, 375) was a Roman Emperor (364 - 375). He was born at Cibalis, in Pannonia, the son of a successful general, Gratian the Elder.

He had been an officer of the Praetorian guard under Julian and Jovian, and had risen high in the imperial service. Of robust frame and distinguished appearance, he possessed great courage and military capacity. After the death of Jovian, he was chosen emperor in his forty-third year by the officers of the army at Nicaea in Bithynia on February 26, 364, and shortly afterwards named his brother Valens colleague with him in the empire.

The two brothers, after passing through the chief cities of the neighbouring district, arranged the partition of the empire at Naissus (Nissa) in Upper Moesia. As Western Roman Emperor, Valentinian took Italia, Illyricum, Hispania, the Gauls, Britain and Africa, leaving to Eastern Roman Emperor Valens the eastern half of the Balkan peninsula, Greece, Aegyptus, Syria and Asia Minor as far as Persia. They were immediately confronted by the revolt of Procopius, a relative of the deceased Julian. Valens managed to defeat his army at Thyatria in Lydia in 366, and Procopius was executed shortly afterwards.

During the short reign of Valentinian there were wars in Africa, in Germany and in Britain, and Rome came into collision with barbarian peoples never of heard before, specifically the Burgundians, and the Saxons.

Valentinian's chief work was guarding the frontiers and establishing military positions. Milan was at first his headquarters for settling the affairs of northern Italy. The following year (365) Valentinian was at Paris, and then at Reims, to direct the operations of his generals against the Alamanni. These people, defeated at Scarpona (Charpeigne) and Catelauni (Châlons-en-Champagne) by Jovinus, were driven back to the German bank of the Rhine, and checked for a while by a chain of military posts and fortresses. At the close of 367, however, they suddenly crossed the Rhine, attacked Moguntiacum (Mainz) and plundered the city. Valentinian attacked them at Solicinium (Sulz am Neckar, in the Neckar valley, or Schwetzingen) with a large army, and defeated them with great slaughter. But his own losses were so considerable that Valentinian abandoned the idea of following up his success.

Later, in 374, Valentinian made peace with their king, Macrianus, who from that time remained a true friend of the Romans. The next three years he spent at Trier, which he chiefly made his headquarters, organizing the defence of the Rhine frontier, and personally superintending the construction of numerous forts.

During his reign the coasts of Gaul were harassed by the Saxon pirates, with whom the Picts and Scots of northern Britain joined hands, and ravaged the island from the Antonine Wall to the shores of Kent. In 368 Count Theodosius was sent to drive back the invaders; in this he was completely successful, and established a new British province, called Valentia in honour of the emperor.

In Africa, Firmus, raised the standard of revolt, being joined by the provincials, who had been rendered desperate by the cruelty and extortions of Comes Romanus, the military governor. The services of Theodosius were again requisitioned. He landed in Africa with a small band of veterans, and Firmus, to avoid being taken prisoner, committed suicide.

In 374 the Quadi, a Germanic tribe in what is now Moravia and Slovakia, resenting the erection of Roman forts to the north of the Danube in what they considered to be their own territory, and further exasperated by the treacherous murder of their king, Gabinius, crossed the river and laid waste the province of Pannonia. The emperor in April, 375 entered Illyricum with a powerful army. But during an audience to an embassy from the Quadi at Brigetio on the Danube (near Komárom, Hungary), Valentinian suffered a burst blood vessel in the skull while angrily yelling at the people gathered. This injury resulted in his death on November 17, 375.

His general administration seems to have been thoroughly honest and able, in some respects beneficent. If Valentinian was hard and exacting in the matter of taxes, he spent them in the defence and improvement of his dominions, not in idle show or luxury. Though himself a plain and almost illiterate soldier, Valentinian was a founder of schools. He also provided medical attendance for the poor of Rome, by appointing a physician for each of the fourteen districts of the city.

Valentinian was a Christian but permitted absolute religious freedom to all his subjects. Against all abuses, both civil and ecclesiastical, Valentinian steadily set his face, even against the increasing wealth and worldliness of the clergy. His chief flaw was his temper, which at times was frightful, and showed itself in its full fierceness in the punishment of persons accused of witchcraft, fortune-telling or magical practices.

Valentinian I; RIC IX, Siscia 15(a); C.37; second period: 24 Aug. 367-17 Nov. 375; common. obv. DN VALENTINI-ANVS PF AVG, bust cuir., drap., r., rev. SECVRITAS-REI PVBLICAE, Victory advancing l., holding wreath and trophy. l. field R above R with adnex, r. field F, ex. gamma SISC rev.Z dot (type xxxv) ecoli

88 Severus II as Augustus: Treveri follis.Follis, 306 - 307 AD, Treveri mint.
Obverse: IMP SEVERVS PIVS AVG / Laureate bust of Severus.
Reverse: GENIO POPVLI ROMANI / Genius standing, loins draped, chlamys over left shoulder, holding patera and cornucopiae. S in left field; F in right field.
Mint mark: PTR
10.65 gm., 26 mm.
RIC #654; PBCC #97; Sear unlisted.Callimachus

AE As, RIC 3, p.345, 1639 - Faustina II, FecunditasFaustina II,
As
Obv.: FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, Draped bust right
Rev.: FECVNDITAS / S – C, Fecunditas standing right, holding scepter in right hand, infant in left hand
11.98g, 23x26mm
Ref.: Cohen 101, RIC 1639
This coin was found in 1987 at the Viehmarktplatz, close to the St. Antoninus Church in Trier, Germany. The find was presented to the Landesmuseum (State Museum).
2 commentsshanxi

AE Dupondius, RIC 3, p.194, 1405 (a) - Faustina II, DianaFaustina II
Dupondius or As, AD 145-161
Obv.: FAVSTINA AVG PII AVG FIL, draped bust right
Rev.: S - C, Diana standing left with bow and arrow.
AE, 12.4g, 26mm
Ref.: RIC 1405 (a) [C]
This coin was found in 2006 close to the Fleischstraße in Trier, Germany. The find was presented to the Landesmuseum (State Museum).3 commentsshanxi

AE3 Constantine I the GreatConstantine I
CONSTAN-TINVS AVG L PROVIDEN-TIAE AVGG
Turrets 2, Layers 6 Star above PTR in ex
Trier, RIC VII Trier 449, C3, 324-325

Ancient ruins of Porta Nigra 1919Germany Trier, 10 Pfennig, 1919, Ancient ruins of Porta Nigra, 20mm, 3.48gm. Funck 549.6Ancient Aussie

Argenteus, Trier, RIC 208aConstantine the Great, early 307 - 22 May 337 A.D. Billon argenteus, RIC VII 208a (R3), Cohen 643 (3 Fr.), Trier mint, 2.763g, 17.5mm, 180o, 318 - 319 A.D.; obverse IMP CONSTANTINVS AVG, helmeted, draped and cuirassed bust left, spear in left over shoulder, mappa in right; reverse VICTORIAE LAETAE PRINC PERP, two Victories standing confronted, both holding between them a shield inscribed VOT PR in two lines, PTR in ex; nicely centered, flan crack; very rare. Ex FORVMPodiceps

BEATA TRANQVILLITAS, TrierCrispus, BEATA TRANQVILLITAS, Trier, r3, 18 mm, 2.54 g. Obverse: IVL CRIS - PVS NOB C; helmeted and cuirassed bust right. Reverse: BEATA TRANQVILLITAS around altar inscribed VO / TIS / XX, globe on altar, 3 stars above, PTR between pellet and crescent in exe, ex areich ex Harlan J. BerkPodiceps

Campgate with two turrets, Trier, RIC 514Constantius II as Caesar, 324-337 AD struck 327-328 AD. 19mm, 3.1g
Obverse: FL IVL CONSTANTIVS NOB C; laureate, draped and cuirassed bust left. Reverse: PROVIDEN-TIAE CAESS, campgate with two turrets, star above, dot STRE in exe. RIC VII Trier 514, s (scarce). ex areich, photo credit areichPodiceps

CAMPGATE, Constantine I AE3, TrierAttribution: RIC 504 (RIC VII)

Mint: Trier, PTRE

Date: 327-328 AD

Obverse: Laureate Constantine I right, CONSTAN-TINVS AVG

Reverse: Campgate with two turrets and star above, PROVIDEN-TIAE AVGG, PTRE in exergue

Size: 19.5mm x 19.7mm

Weight: 2.9 grams
1 comments

City of Rome CommemorativeAE Follis, A.D. 332-333, Trier, 16.0mm, 2.02g, 180°, RIC VII 542
Obv: VRBS ROMA. Helmeted, mantled bust of Roma left.
Rev: Romulus and Remus suckling from she-wolf, two stars above; TR●P in ex.
1 commentsMarti Vltori

City of Rome Commemorative AE18 Treveri 330-331 ADBillon reduced centenionalis, RIC VII Trier 529, LRBC I 58, SRCV IV 16487, Cohen VII 17, Hunter V -, gVF, well centered, ragged flan, a few light scratches, 2nd officina, Treveri (Trier, Germany) mint, 2.249 grams, 17.5 mm, die axis 0o, 330 - 331 A.D.; obverse VRBS ROMA, helmeted bust of Roma left wearing imperial mantle; reverse she-wolf standing left, head turned back right, suckling the infant twins Romulus and Remus, two stars above, TRS⚫ in exergue.

FORVM Ancient Coins. / From The Sam Mansourati Collection.

On 11 May 330, Constantine I refounded Byzantium, renamed it Constantinopolis after himself, and moved the capital of the Roman Empire from Rome to his new city. The new capital was Christian, old gods and traditions were either replaced or assimilated into a framework of Christian symbolism. Constantine built the new Church of the Holy Apostles on the site of a temple to Aphrodite. Generations later there was the story that a divine vision led Constantine to this spot. The capital would often be compared to the `old` Rome as Nova Roma Constantinopolitana, the "New Rome of Constantinople." Special commemorative coins were issued with types for both Rome and Constantinople to advertise the importance of the new capital.Sam

Constans Victory on Prow SisciaConstantine I, Trier, 2.8g, 19.04mm, 307 - 337 AD, RIC 303s
OBV: CONSTANTINVS AVG, helmeted, cuirassed bust right
REV: BEATA TRANQVILLITAS, Altar inscribed VOT/IS/XX, surmounted by globe with plain vertical lines and diagonals between horizontal lines, three stars above, STR in ex
SRukke

Constantine "the Great"Roman Empire
Constantine I ‘the Great’
(Reign as 57th Emperor of the Roman Empire 309-337 AD)
(b. 272 AD, d. 337 AD)

Obverse: CONSTANTINVS AVG, Helmeted and cuirassed bust of Constantine facing right

Reverse: BEATA TRANQVILLITAS, Altar with globe atop reading VO TIS XX, three stars above, mint mark .PTRcrescent symbol

Bronze Follis
Minted in Treveri 323 AD

Translations:

CONSTANTINVS AVG=Constantine Emperor

BEATA TRANQVILLITAS=Blessed Tranquility

VOTIS XX=Vows of Twenty Years

Treveri=Trier, Germany

.PTRcrescent=First Officina in Trier

References:
RIC VII 389
ERIC II 22982 commentsSphinx357

Constantine I (RIC 368, Coin #500)
Constantine I, RIC 368, AE3, Trier, 322 - 323 AD
Obv: CONSTANTINVS AVG Helmeted and cuirassed bust right
Rev: BEATA TRANQVILLITAS (dot PTR dot) Altar inscribed with
VO/TIS/XX surmounted by globe, three stars above.
Size: 19.5mm 3.48gr

MaynardGee

CONSTANTINE I -- VIC LAET307 - 337
probably struck ca 319
AE 17.5 mm; 2.18 g
O: IMP CONSTA-NTINVSN_ Laureate, helmeted and cuirassed bust right
R: VICTORIAE LAETAI PRINCI Two Victories standing, facing one another, together holding shield inscribed VOT/PR on altar; S(?)TR in exe.
Trier, Unofficial Issue
(The atypical legends indicate an unofficial issue)
laney

Constantine I AE3Constantine I AE3.
Obv: CONSTANTINVS AVG, laureate head right
Rev: SARMATIA DEVICTA, Victory advancing right with trophy & palm branch, captive at feet
Mint STR crescent Treveri

Sear 16284, RIC 429 of Trier, Cohen 487.1 commentsTanit

CONSTANTINE I AE3 Follis, RIC VII 504, CampgateOBV: CONSTAN-TINVS AVG, laureate head right
REV: PROVIDEN-TIAE AVGG, campgate, 2 turrets, 6 layers, star above, no doors, PTRE in ex.

Minted at Trier, 327-8 ADLegatus

Constantine I Alter wGlobeConstantine I, Trier, 2.8g, 19.04mm, 307 - 337 AD, RIC 303s
OBV: CONSTANTINVS AVG, helmeted, cuirassed bust right
REV: BEATA TRANQVILLITAS, Altar inscribed VOT/IS/XX, surmounted by globe with plain vertical lines and diagonals between
horizontal lines, three stars above, STR in ex
SRukke

Constantine I BEATA TRANQVILLITAS RIC VII 368AE3, 20mm, 2.90g.

Obverse: CONSTAN-TINVS AVG, Helmeted & cuirassed bust R.

Reverse: BEATA TRAN-QVILLITAS, Altar with VOT/XX, surmounted by globe, three stars above.

Exe: dot PTR dot.

RIC VII 368, Trier, C3.Robert_Brenchley

Constantine I follis, Constantine I
AE follis - 22.5mm
Trier, 310-313 AD
IMP CONSTANTINVS AVG
laureate, draped, cuirassed bust r.
SOL INVICTO COMITI
radiate bust of Sol r.
RIC 890
ex Noble Roman CoinsArdatirion

Constantine I follis, Trier, 317 ADConstantine I
AE follis – 20mm, 3.13g
Trier, 317 AD
laureate, cuirassed bust r.
CONSTANTINVS PF AVG
Sol standing facing, head left, nude but for chlamys across left shoulder, r. hand raised, globe divided into hemispheres in l. hand
SOL INVIC-TO COMITI
T | F, .ATR in ex.
RIC VII Trier 135
Ex Beast Coins

Note: Globe divided into hemispheres!
1 commentsArdatirion

Constantine I Mars RIC VI 862Constantine I, Follis, Trier, 310 - 313 AD, RIC VI 862 (C2),
OBV: CONSTANTINVS P F AVG (legend RIC 1d), Laureate and cuirassed bust right (bust RIC B)
REV: MARTI CON-SERVATORI, Mars, helmeted, standing right, leaning on reversed spear left,
resting shield on ground. T-F in left and right fields
PTR in exergue
1 commentsSRukke

Constantine I RIC VII, Ticinum 31Constantine I the Great AD 307-337
AU - Solidus, 4.48g, 19mm, 0°
Ticinum, autumn AD 315
obv. CONSTANTI - NVS PF AVG
laureate bust r.
rev. RESTITVTORI LIBERTATIS
Emperor in military dress, stg. l., short sceptre on l. arm, receiving
globe from Roma, std. r. on throne, holding sceptre.
exergue: SMT
RIC VII, Ticinum 31
very rare! nearly EF
added to www.wildwinds.com

RESTITVTOR LIBERTATIS means: "He has eliminated all his competitors." (Vogt, Orbis, p.162)

This Solidus I have seldom seen. The first Solidi were struck end of AD 310 in Trier, then in Arles. Ticinum started in autumn AD 315 with the issue of these new denomination. This type therefore is one of the earliest Solidi struck in Italy for Constantine. Interesting is its size: With 19mm it is smaller than the later Solidi. And with its thickness too it reminds a bit on the older Aurei!
6 commentsJochen

Constantine I Silvered AE FollisHand cleaned from a lump of green gunk.

Constantine I silvered AE Follis. Trier, 318 - 319 AD. IMP CONSTANTINVS AVG, bust of Constantine wearing high crested helmet, cuirassed with spear over right shoulder / VICTORIAE LAETAE PRINC PERP, two Victories standing, facing one another, together holding shield inscribed VOT PR on altar. PTR in ex. RIC 208a

EXTREMELY FINE; Fully silvered.
VERY RARE - R3
Ex Spink VII 19969 commentsRich Beale

Constantine I Sol RIC VI 893Constantine I, Follis, Trier, 310 - 313 AD, 3.3g, 21mm, RIC VI 893
OBV: CONSTANTINVS PF AVG, laureate cuirassed bust right
REV: SOLI INVICTO COMITI, radiate draped bust of Sol right, seen from behind, no mintmark
Rated Scarce
SRukke

Constantine I SOLI INVICTO COMITI RIC VII Trier 40Follis, 22mm, 4.15g

Obverse: IMP CONSTANTINVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust R.

Reverse: SOLI INVIC-TO COMITI, Sol standing L holding globe and raising hand. T in L field, F in R.

Exe: PTR (Trier, officina 1)

RIC VII 40, 313-5, R4.Robert_Brenchley

Constantine I Two Victories VOT PR TrierTrier, 17mm, 2.9g
RIC VII 213, star
Constantine I AE Follis. Trier. 319 AD. IMP CONSTAN-TINVS MAX AVG, helmeted, laureate, cuirassed bust right
/ VICTORIAE LAETAE PRINC PERP, two Victories holding shield inscribed VOT PR over altar. Altar type Helvetica 5a (a star), STR in ex.
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