RCV 18358 Constans as Caesar 333-37 AD AE3 Centenionalis, Antioch

Constans as Caesar, 333-37 AD 

BI Centenionalis, Antioch 333-35 AD

Obverse: FL IVN CONSTANS NOB C: Bust of Constans, pearl-diademed, draped, cuirassed, right

Reverse: GLORIA EXERCITVS: Two helmeted soldiers standing facing each other, each holding reversed spear with outer hand and leaning on shield with inner hand; between them, one standard. Mintmark in exergue: SMAN, officina H.

Reference: RCV 18358

Size: 17 mm. Weight: 2.42 g. Conservation: Good very fine

“You (Constans) have overthrown your enemies, enlarged the Empire, and, to add greater luster to your exploits, altering and scorning the fixed order of the seasons you have done in the winter what was never done before or will be again: you have trodden upon the swollen and raging waters of the Ocean. The wave of a sea already become almost unknown to us has trembled beneath your oars, and the Briton has quailed before the unexpected visage of the Emperor.”

Firmicus Maternus, De errore profanum religionum On the Error of Pagan Religions Chapter 28:6

Reference : RCV 18358

Source : http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.8.the...

Collection : VII The Christian Empire