Overweight Solidus or Medallion Issued by Constantine I
Overweight Solidus or Medallion Issued by Constantine I
- Description:
- Obverse: Bust of Constantine. Reverse: Constantine I Holding a Globe and Scepter.
- Medium:
- Gold
- Dimensions:
- Diam. 2 cm
- Context:
- Minted in Nicomedia
- Date:
- 325 CE
- Inventory Number:
- Beistegui 184 (Nicomédie: 5,65)
- Lender:
- Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris
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The obverse legend, in Latin, reads:
D N CONSTANTINVS AVG
Translation: Our Lord Constantinus Augustus.
The reverse legend, in Latin, reads:
SENATVS
Translation: The Senate.
This coin type, an overweight solidus or medallion issued by the Roman emperor Constantine, is cataloged in Online Coins of the Roman Empire as RIC VII Nicomedia 102.