Diameter 19 mm
Grade VF-
Metal Bronze
Mint Constantinople
Rarity C1 - Common
Type Centenionalis
Year of issue 365
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AE Centenionalis, Constantinople 365-66 AD
Size: 17mm Weight: 2,03g Conservation: very fine
Procopius was a distant relative of the emperor Julian the Apostate. During Julian's Persian campaign, Procopius guarded the Upper Tigris valley. When Julian was killed in action (June 363), Procopius (who may have expected to be recognized as emperor himself), recognized Jovian, who had been chosen emperor by the army.
During Jovian's reign, Procopius was living with his relatives in a villa in Caesarea. When Jovian was succeeded by Valens (February 364), Procopius revolted, picking up allies on the Crimea and finding friends in Constantinople, where a former courtier named Eugenius supported him. However, his armies were defeated at Thyatira and Nacolaeia and he was executed (366).
Reference : Sear 19877
Source : https://www.livius.org/articles/person/p...
Collection : VIII The Late Roman Empire