001b Constans

Ruler: Constans, as Augustus AD 337- 350

Obverse: FL[avius] IVL[ivs] CONSTANS P[ivs] F[elix] AVG[vstvs]; rosette-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust of Constans II right, seen from the front;

Reverse: OB VICTORIAM TRIVMPHALEM; two Victories facing each other, holding between them wreath inscribed VOT X MVL XV in four lines; SIS(star) in exergue.

Mint: Siscia, AD 340-350 

Denomination: Solidus

Weight: 4,50 g

Reference: RIC 115 (R2); Depeyrot-9/1 (to be verified)

Provenance: Munz Zentrum Koln auction 71, 1991, lot no. 1372

Note: 

Unabridged legend: Votis decennalibus Multis quindecennalibus.

Translation: Victory of the emperors; Vows (prayers) on the tenth anniversary [of the emperor's rule], more for his [hoped for and upcoming] fiftennth anniversary.

Collezione : 18c Roman solidi