Thursday, 17 October 2013

Constantius I "Chlorus"

Constantius I
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As Caesar of the West, 
1046 - 1058 A.U.C. (293 – 305 A.D.)

Coin: AE Post-Reform Radiate Fraction

Obverse: FL VAL CONSTANTIVS NOB CAES
radiate and cuirassed bust facing to the right.
Reverse: CONCORDIA MILI-TVM, Constantius, to the left, receiving Victoria upon the Globe, from Jove standing to the right who holds a Sceptre with his left hand.  
HA in the middle.

Weight: 2.24 g
Diameter: 19 x 18.2 x 1 mm
Die axis: 180°
Mint: Heraclea, struck between 295 - 296 A.D.
Reference: RIC VI Heraclea 15
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Coin: AE Post-Reform Radiate Fraction

Obverse: FL VAL CONSTANTIVS NOB CAES
radiate, draped and cuirassed bust facing to the right.
Reverse: CONCORDIA MILITVM, Constantius, to the left, receiving Victoria upon the Globe, from Jove standing to the right who holds a Sceptre with his left hand.  
KB in the middle.

Weight: 2.23 g
Diameter: 21 x 23.5 x 0.8 mm
Die axis: 0°
Mint: Cyzicus, struck between 294 - 299 A D
Reference: RIC VI Cyzicus 19A
Rated Scarce
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Coin: AE Follis

Obverse: FL VAL CONSTANTIVS NOB CAES, laureate bust facing to the right.
Reverse: GENIO POPV - L - I ROMANI, Genius, standing to the left, wearing a Modius upon his head, holding out a patera, from which wine pours from, with his right hand, holding a Cornucopia with his left hand and with a Chlamys draped over his left arm.

Weight: 9.14 g
Diameter: 27.5 x 27 x 1.8 mm
Die axis: 170°
Mintmark: HTΔ (Heraclea), struck between 297 - 298 A.D.
Reference: RIC VI 20a
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Coin: AE Follis

Obverse: CONSTANTIVS NOB C, laureate and cuirassed bust of Constantius, facing to the left, with his right hand holding a Sceptre over his right shoulder.
Reverse: GENIO POP - VLI ROMANI, Genius, standing to the left, wearing a Modius upon his head, holding out a patera, in sacrifice over a Phallic-shapped Altar, with his right hand, holding a Cornucopia with his left hand and with a Chlamys draped over his left arm. 
A in the right field.

Weight: 10.36 g
Diameter: 27.5 x 28 x 1.9 mm
Die axis: 170°
Mintmark: PLG (Lyon), struck between 301-303 AD
Reference: RIC VI Lyons 167a
Rated Rare  
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Coin: AE Follis

Obverse: CONSTANTIVS NOBIL C, laureate and cuirassed bust facing to the right.
Reverse: GENIO POPV-LI ROMANI, Genius, a Modius upon his head, standing to the left, holding a Patera with his right hand and a Cornucopia with his left. 
A Chlamys draped over his left shoulder. S-F across the fields.

Weight: 7.33 g
Diameter: 28 x 26.2 x 1.5 mm
Die aixs: 190°
Mintmark: ITR (Trier), struck between 302-303 A.D.
Reference: R.I.C. VI Trier 508a
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As Augustus of the west, 
1058 - 1059 A.U.C. (305 - 306 A.D.)
 
Coin: AE Follis

Obverse: IMP CONSTANTIVS P F AVG, laureate bust facing to the right.
Reverse: SACRA MONETA AVGG - ET CAESS NOSTR, Aequitas, standing to the left, holding a set of Scales with her right hand and a Cornucopia with her left.  
in the left field, VI in the right.

Weight: 8.41 g
Diameter: 25.5 x 26.2 x 1.8 mm
Die axis: 20°
Mintmark: AQΓ (Aquileia), struck in 305 A.D.
Reference: R.I.C. VI Aquileia 55a
Rated Rare
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Coin: AE Follis

Obverse: IMP C CONSTANTIVS P F AVG, laureate bust facing to the right.
Reverse: FIDES MILITVM, Fides, seated to the left, holding a Vexillum with each hand. 
● in the right field.

Weight: 9.49 g
Diameter: 28 x 26 x 1.7 mm
Die axis: 200°
Mintmark: ST (Ticinum), struck by Severus II, between 305 - 306 A.D.
Reference: R.I.C. VI Ticinum 55a
Rated Scarce
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Coin: AE Half Follis, posthumous issue.

Obverse: DIVO CONSTANTIO PIO PRINCIPI, Veiled and laureate bust facing to the right.
Reverse: REQVIES OPTIMO-RVM MERITORVM, Constantius, wearing a Shroud, seated to the left, raising his right hand in blessing and holding a Sceptre with his left.

Weight: 1.49 g
Diameter: 15.6 x 15 x 1 mm
Die axis: 190°
Mintmark: SIS (Siscia), struck between 317-318 A.D.
Reference: R.I.C. VII Siscia 42
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