CLARK COLLECTION OF ANCIENT ART:

ANCIENT COINS (151 through 160)




EC.72.151

Denomination: ? (AE)

Date: c. 324-337 CE

Obverse: Laureate head of Constantine I ("Constantine the Great") facing right

Inscription: CONSTANT...
Supplied: Constantinus
Translated: Constantine

Reverse: Sun god

Inscription: SOLI INVICTO COMITI. PTR. F
Supplied: Soli Invicto Comiti. Pecunia Triviensis...
Translated: To the invincible sun, a companion. Money made at Trier...

Weight: 4 g

EC.72.152

Denomination: ? (AE)

Date: c. 324-337 CE

Obverse: Laureate head of Constantine I ("Constantine the Great") facing right

Inscription: CONSTANTINUS P F AUG
Supplied: Constantinus Pius Felix Augustus
Translated: Constantine Pius Felix Augustus

Reverse: Sun god

Inscription: SOLI INVICTO COMITI. SC
Supplied: Soli Invicto Comiti. Senatus Consulto
Translated: To the invincible sun, a companion. By decree of the Senate

Weight: 3 g

EC.72.153

Denomination: ? (AE)

Date: c. 324-337 CE

Obverse: Laureate head of Constantine I ("Constantine the Great") facing right

Inscription: CONSTANTINUS P F AUG
Supplied: Constantinus Pius Felix Augustus
Translated: Constantine Pius Felix Augustus

Reverse: Sun god

Inscription: SOLI INVICTO COMITI. PTR. T F
Supplied: Soli Invicto Comiti. Pecunia Triviensis...
Translated: To the invincible sun, a companion. Money made at Trier...

Weight: 3 g

EC.72.154

Denomination: ? (AE)

Date: c. 324-337 CE

Obverse: Laureate head of Constantine I ("Constantine the Great") facing right

Inscription: CONSTANTINUS...
Translated: Constantine...

Reverse: Entirely worn off

Weight: 1 g

EC.72.155

Denomination: ? (AE)

Date: c. 324-337 CE

Obverse: Head of Constantine I ("Constantine the Great") facing right

Inscription: ...CONSTANTINUS...
Translated: ...Constantine...

Reverse: Sun god

Inscription: ...T...
Translated: ...Trier...

Notes: This coin was minted at Trier.

Weight: 2 g

EC.72.156

Denomination: Roman bronze follis (AE)

Date: c. 320 CE

Obverse: Laureate head of Constantine I ("Constantine the Great") facing right

Inscription: CONSTANTINUS AUG
Supplied: Constantinus Augustus
Translated: Constantine Augustus

Reverse: Wreath

Inscription: VOT XX (inside wreath). D N CONSTANTINI MAX AUG. T
Supplied: Votis Vicennalibus. Domino Nostri Constantini Maximo Augusto. Triviensis
Translated: For sacrifices every twenty years. To our master, Constantine the Great, Augustus. Trier

Notes: This coin bears the Trier mint mark.

For this coin reverse type see C. Foss, Roman Historical Coins (London 1990) 281 n. 71a. Weight: 2 g

EC.72.157.1

Denomination: Roman bronze follis (AE)

Date: c. 320 CE

Obverse: Laureate head of Constantine I ("Constantine the Great") facing right

Inscription: CONSTANTINUS AUG
Supplied: Constantinus Augustus
Translated: Constantine Augustus

Reverse: Wreath

Inscription: D N CONSTANTINI MAX AUG. VOT XX
Supplied: Domino Nostri Constantini Maximo Augusto. Votis Vicennalibus
Translated: To our master, Constantine the Great, Augustus. For sacrifices every twenty years

Notes: This coin was minted at Trier. Is is a duplicate of EC.72.157.2.

Weight: 3 g

EC.72.157.2

Denomination: Roman bronze follis (AE)

Date: c. 320 CE

Obverse: Laureate head of Constantine I ("Constantine the Great") facing right

Inscription: CONSTANTINUS AUG
Supplied: Constantinus Augustus
Translated: Constantine Augustus

Reverse: Wreath

Inscription: D N CONSTANTINI MAX AUG. VOT XX
Supplied: Domino Nostri Constantini Maximo Augusto. Votis Vicennalibus
Translated: To our master, Constantine the Great, Augustus. For sacrifices every twenty years

Notes: This coin was minted at Trier. It is a duplicate of EC.72.157.1.

Weight: 2 g

EC.72.158

Denomination: ? (AE)

Date: c. 324-337 CE

Obverse: Head of Constantine I ("Constantine the Great") facing the right

Inscription: IMP CONSTANTINUS P F AUG
Supplied: Imperator Constantinus Pius Felix Augustus
Translated: Emperor Constantine Pius Felix Augustus

Reverse: Soldier striding to left with raised shield in left hand

Inscription: ...PROP

Weight: 4 g

EC.72.160

Denomination: denarius (?)

Date: c. 324-337 CE

Obverse: Laureate head of Constantine I ("Constantine the Great") facing right

Inscription: CONSTA...
Supplied: Constantinus
Translated: Constantine

Reverse: Woman striding right over a fallen figure and holding a branch in left hand

Inscription: SARMA TI...DIVI...LON

Notes: The "LON" on the reverse of this coin indicates it was made at London.

Weight: 2 g

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