Description
Country or authority: Roman Empire, Constantine I
Year or date range: Circa AD 322. ([numismatics.org](https://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.7.tri.341))
Denomination: Nummus (commonly called a reduced follis)
Composition: Copper alloy
Ruler or portrait: Constantine I; helmeted and cuirassed bust facing right.
Mint or mintmark: Trier (Treveri), probably second officina; exergue reads STR•, with the area before S uncertain.
Catalogue references: Provisional (unverified): RIC VII, Trier 341
Obverse description: Legend reads CONSTA[N]-TINVS AVG, with the letter near the upper-left edge incomplete. Right-facing bust wearing an elaborately decorated crested helmet and cuirass, with shoulder drapery. No spear, shield or sceptre is visible.
Reverse description: BEATA TRAN-QVILLITAS around an altar inscribed VO / TIS / XX. A banded globe rests on the altar, with three stars above. Exergue: STR•; a possible preceding pellet is unresolved. No separate field letters are visible.
Description and condition notes: Irregular flan with edge indentations, dark surfaces, fine granular pitting and scattered green deposits. Portrait, helmet decoration and altar remain well defined; portions of the peripheral legends are incomplete.
