Description
Country or authority: Roman Empire
Year or date range: Probably AD 333–334
Denomination: Nummus (reduced follis)
Composition: Copper alloy
Ruler or portrait: Constantine I
Mint or mintmark: Probably Treveri (Trier); tentative TRS, second officina.
Catalogue references: Provisional (unverified): RIC VII, Trier, Constantine I, 555
Obverse description: CONSTANTI-NVS MAX AVG; right-facing bust wearing a rosette diadem, drapery and cuirass. Diadem ties extend behind the head.
Reverse description: Partly readable GLOR[IA] EXERC[ITVS]; two helmeted soldiers standing with heads turned inward, each holding a spear and resting a hand on a shield. Two military standards between them, with an upright palm branch in the upper centre. Exergue tentatively read [T]R[S?].
Description and condition notes: Dark brown surfaces with scattered greenish deposits and fine surface roughness. Portrait details are better preserved than the reverse lettering and mintmark. Irregular flan with small edge irregularities.
