CLARK COLLECTION OF ANCIENT ART:

ANCIENT COINS (161 through 170)




EC.72.161

Denomination: ? (AE ?)

Date: c. 324-337 CE

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

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

Reverse: Soldier with long spear in right hand, shield in left

Inscription: faint

Weight: 2 g

EC.72.162

Denomination: ? (AE?)

Date: c. 324-337 CE

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

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

Reverse: Man holding a standard in both hands

Inscription: PRINCIPI...
Translated: To the leader...

Notes: This coin was minted at Lugdunum in the western province of Gallia (present-day Lyon, France).

Weight: 6 g

EC.72.163

Denomination: ? (AE?)

Date: c. 335 CE

Obverse: Laureate head of Constantine II facing right

Inscription: CONSTANTINUS IUN NOB C
Supplied: Constantinus Iunior Nobilissimus Caesar
Translated: Constantine the younger, most noble Caesar

Reverse: Two soldiers, each holding a spear and standard

Inscription: ...XP...TUS. MALA

Weight: 2 g

EC.72.164

Denomination: ? (AE?)

Date: c. 348-361 CE

Obverse: Laureate head of Flavius Julius Constans, facing right

Inscription: D N CONSTANS P F AUG
Supplied: Dominus Noster Constans Pius Felix Augustus
Translated: Our master, Constans Pius Felix Augustus

Reverse: Constans standing on a galley holding a globe with phoenix and a standard with a Chi-Rho; on stern a seated Victory steering the galley

Inscription: FEL TEMP REPARATIO
Supplied: Felicium Temporum Reparatio
Translated: Restoration of happy times

Notes: For this coin reverse type see C. Foss, Roman Historical Coins (London 1990) 300 n. 40.

Weight: 5 g

EC.72.165

Denomination: ? (AE?)

Date: c. 348-361 CE

Obverse: Laureate head of Constans facing right

Inscription: D N CO...N S P...
Supplied: Dominus Noster Constans Pius Felix
Translated: Our master, Constans Pius Felix

Reverse: Constans standing on a galley holding a globe with phoenix and a standard with a Chi-Rho; on stern a seated Victory steering the galley

Inscription: FEL TEMP REPARATIO

Supplied: Felicium Temporum Reparatio Translated: Restoration of happy times Notes: See EC.72.164

Weight: 5 g

EC.72.166

Denomination: ? (AE?)

Date: c. 335-338 CE

Obverse: Laureate head of Constans facing right

Inscription: CONS...S P F AUG...
Supplied: Constans Pius Felix Augustus

Reverse: Two soldiers holding spears with a military standard between them

Inscription: faint

Notes: This coin was minted at Aequileia in the western province of Italy.

Weight: 1 g

EC.72.167

Denomination: ? (AE?)

Date: c. 350-353 CE

Obverse: Head of Flavius Magnus Magnentius facing right

Inscription: D N...NENTIUS P F AUG
Supplied: Dominus Noster Magnentius Pius Felix Augustus
Translated: Our master Magnentius Pius Felix Augustus

Reverse: Two Victories holding an inscribed shield resting on a column

Inscription: VICTORI...E DOM MU...VOT V MULT X. A
Supplied: Victori...Votis V Multis X. Aquilea
Translated: To the victor...Many vows every five and ten years. Aquilea

Notes: This coin was most likely minted at Aquilea in the western province of Italy.

Weight: 5 g

EC.72.168

Denomination: ? (AE)

Date: c. 350-353 CE

Obverse: Head of Flavius Magnus Magnentius facing right

Inscription: D N ...NENTIUS P F AUG
Supplied: Dominus Noster Magnentius Pius Felix Augustus
Translated: Our master Magnentius Pius Felix Augustus

Reverse: Magnentius on horseback thrusting a spear at a kneeling barbarian

Inscription: GLOBIA ROMANORUM. TR
Supplied: Globia Romanorum. Triviensis
Translated: The world of the Romans. Made at Tier

Notes: For this coin type see R. A. G. Carson, Principal Coins of the Romans, Vol. III: The Dominate AD 294-498 (London 1980) 49 n. 1364.

Weight: 5 g

EC.72.169

Denomination: ? (AE?)

Date: c. 350-351 CE

Obverse: Head of Flavius Magnus Magnentius facing right

Inscription: IMP CAE MAGNENTIUS AUG
Supplied: Imperator Caesar Magnentius Augustus
Translated: Emperor Caesar Magnentius Augustus

Reverse: Magnentius holding a globe with Victory figure and a standard with a Chi-Rho

Inscription: FELICITAS REPUBLICA. TR. A
Supplied: Felicitas Republica. Triviensis...
Translated: Happiness of the state. Made at Trier...

Notes: For this coin type see R. A. G. Carson, Principal Coins of the Romans, Vol. III: The Dominate AD 294-498 (London 1980) 50 n. 1367.

Weight: 4 g

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