Late Roman Bronze Coins

Coin talk => COTD => Topic started by: Victor on January 27, 2024, 01:40:17 PM

Title: Constans as Junior GLORIA EXERCITVS from Heraclea
Post by: Victor on January 27, 2024, 01:40:17 PM

This first issue for Constans from Heraclea mistakenly has IVN in the obverse legend.

Constans
A.D. 333- 336
18mm    2.7g
CONSTANS IVN NOB C; laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
GLORIA EXERCITVS; Two soldiers helmeted, stg. facing one another, reversed spear in outer hands, inner hands on shields resting on the ground; between them two standards.
in ex. SMHB✶
RIC VII Heraclea 139

Title: Re: Constans as Junior GLORIA EXERCITVS from Heraclea
Post by: Heliodromus on January 28, 2024, 08:56:36 AM

Interesting - I'd never noticed this type before.

The mints seems surprisingly uncoordinated in their legends for Constans - also CONSTANTIS vs CONSTANS at Siscia at Nicomedia (and BEA C vs NOB C at Siscia), some FL, some FL IVL, some neither. IVN for Constans seems a bit of an unforced error though!

The coinage had become so dull by the time Constans was on-boarded, that maybe they'd laid off the brains at the mint as a cost savings. ;D

Title: Re: Constans as Junior GLORIA EXERCITVS from Heraclea
Post by: Lech Stępniewski on January 28, 2024, 09:57:12 AM

Obverse legend for HERACLEA 141 (9c) is also interesting

FL I CONSTANS NOB CAES

(https://www.acsearch.info/media/images/archive/45/9568/9841155.m.jpg)