Obverse:
Helmeted and cuirassed three-quarter facing
bust of Constantius II, holding spear over
right shoulder and shield with horseman motif.
Text around FL IVL CONSTANTIVS PERP AVG.
Reverse:
Roma and Constantinoplis seated the former
facing, the latter turned to the left supporting
shield between them inscribed VOT XXX MVLT
XXXX in four lines; Constantinopolis holds
staff and rests right foot on prow. Text around
PROVID DEOR COS II, in exergue KONS.
History:
Struck in commemoration of Constantius' tricennalia
(30th anniversary of his reign), the coins
of this issue represent one of the earlier
types displaying the three-quarter facing
bust style that became prevalent in the eastern
Roman empire and continued into the Byzantine
period.
Date:
Arelatum/Constantina mint, 355-361AD
Diameter:
2cm
