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Bronze Æ 3 - Æ 17 -18 mm - 4 grams - Die axis 06:00 - RIC VII (Nicomedia) 124 - Struck AD 325-326.
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FL IVL CONSTANTIVS NOB C (Flavius Julius Constantius Nobilitas Caesar - F.J.C. the Noble Caesar). Laurelled and cuirassed bust of caesar facing left. A Caesar was by now the 2nd most powerful in the empire, and came just below the Augustus and therefore denoted as ‘nobilitas’. |
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PROVIDEN-TIAE CAESS (Providentiae Ceasares - Providence of the Caesars).
(Camp)gate with 2 towers with turrets and a star in the sky in-between. The CAESS points to there being at the time two Caesars (SS). |
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‘MNΔ’ (M = Moneta; N = Nicomedia => Izmet, Turkey; 'Δ' = 4th officina). Nicomedia was 'in business' after 294. In fact the exergue legend should in fact have been SM-etc in stead of M but apparently some boss-man didn't find the money holy anymore at this period in time. |
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| Obv. : Very good, HP - Rev. : Very good, HP.
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