CLARK COLLECTION OF ANCIENT ART:

ANCIENT COINS (201 through 210)




EC.72.201

Denomination: ?

Date: c. 308-337 CE

Obverse: Laureate head facing right

Inscription: faint

Reverse: Helmeted soldiers (legionaries) standing, facing each other, holding spears with two standards between them

Inscription: faint

Notes: Issued under Constantine I.

Weight: 2 g

EC.72.202

Denomination: ?

Date: 308-337 CE

Obverse: Laureate head facing right

Inscription: faint

Reverse: Wreath with ten year vow

Inscription: ...VOT X...

Notes: Issued under Constantine I.

Weight: 3 g

EC.72.203

Denomination: ?

Date: c. 317-326 CE

Obverse: Flavius Julius Crispus (305-326 CE)

Inscription: faint

Reverse: Wreath with ten year vow

Inscription: VOT X...MNOSTRO...

Notes: Issued under Constantine I.

Weight: 2 g

EC.72.204

Denomination: ?

Date: c. 330 CE

Obverse: Helmeted, laureate head facing left

Inscription: faint

Reverse: Figure striding left (?)

Inscription: faint

Notes: Issued under Constantine I. Constantinopolis type.

Weight: 2 g

EC.72.205

Denomination: ?

Date: c. 330 CE

Obverse: Laureate head facing left

Inscription: faint

Reverse: She-wolf nursing Romulus and Remus

Inscription: ...XO...

Notes: Issued under Constantine I. Urbs Roma type. Possibly an ancient contemporary copy.

Weight: 1 g

EC.72.206

Denomination: Roman bronze follis

Date: 330-335 CE

Obverse: Laureate bust of Constantine facing right

Inscription: faint

Reverse: Two soldiers facing one another, each holding a spear and shield; two standards between them

Inscription: GLORIA EXERCITUS
Translated: Glory of the army

Notes: Issued under Constantine I.

For a very similar coin type see R. A. G. Carson, Principal Coins of the Romans, Vol. III: The Dominate AD 294-498 (London 1980) 39 n. 1324.

Weight: 2 g

EC.72.207

Denomination: ?

Date: c. 337-361 CE

Obverse: Laureate head facing right

Inscription: PLIVL CONSTANTIUS NOB C
Translated: ...Noble Caesar

Reverse: Fortress

Inscription: PROVIDENTIA AUG AESS (?)
Translated: Providence of Augustus...

Notes: Issued under Constantius II.

Weight: 3 g

EC.72.208

Denomination: ?

Date: c. 337-361 CE

Obverse: Laureate head facing left

Inscription: PLIVL CONSTANTIUS NOB C
Translated: ...Noble Caesar

Reverse: Fortress

Inscription: PROVIDENTIA AUG AESS (?)
Translated: Providence of Augustus...

Notes: Issued under Constantius II.

Weight: 3 g

EC.72.209

Denomination: ?

Date: c. 337-361 CE

Obverse: Laureate head facing right

Inscription: CONSTANTIUS AUG

Reverse: Fortress

Inscription: PROVIDENTIA...AUGG...
Translated: To Imperial Providence...

Notes: Issued under Constantius II. Duplicate EC.72.210, EC.72.211.

Weight: 3 g

EC.72.210

Denomination: ?

Date: c. 337-361 CE

Obverse: Laureate head facing right

Inscription: CONSTANTIUS AUG

Reverse: Fortress

Inscription: PROVIDENTIA...AUGG...
Translated: To Imperial Providence...

Notes: Issued under Constantius II. Duplicate EC.72.209, EC.72.211.

Weight: 3 g

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