Silvered Constantius II AE-3 from Rome

Before I blow a few hundred dollars on my next Siliqua I thought I would get a nice little AE from the city that started it all.
This coin was struck from 355-361 CE at the mint in Rome.
Constantius II had visited the city in 357, the first Emperor in nearly thirty years to do so.
(See https://www.cointalk.com/threads/triumphs-and-tribulations.267545/ for more)
The silvering is also a nice plus.
Please post your Late Roman coins that were struck at the Eternal City.



Obverse-DN CONSTANSTIVS PF AVG
Reverse-FEL TEMP REPRARATIO
Type-AE3 (17mm)
Date-355-361 CE
Mint-Rome
Weight-2.62 grams.

 

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Nice FH.


Constantius II (337 - 361 A.D.)
Æ3
O: FL IVL CONSTANTIVS NOB C, Laureate, draped & cuirassed bust right.
R: GLORIA EXERCITVS, Two soldiers, holding spears, standing front, heads turned inward toward one standard between them. SMNA in ex.
Nicomedia
18.3mm
2.89g
RIC VII Nicomedia 200

 

Pretty coin. Do you have any that were struck at Rome?

 

Great warm up AE to your eventual capture of a Siliqua! Well struck, Rome mint (cool), and nice clean condition.

These are all I have from Constantius II, and a Poemenius struck in the name of Constantiius II

 

Nope, only one of him.

 

Here is a coin of Gratian that was also struck at Rome.


Struck at Rome mint's Tertia or 3rd officinae.

 

Nice!

Sadly, I don't own any minted in Rome.

 

here's an LRB from Rome

It's interesting because this type was struck for Constantius II by Magnentius and Nepotian, with no real way to differentiate the issues. RIC tries to distinguish based on size, but there is so much overlap that classifying by size is fairly arbitrary .

Constantius II
A.D. 350
22x24mm 4.7gm
DN CONSTAN-TIVS PF AVG, pearl-diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right, holding globe. A behind bust.
GLORIA ROMANORVM, Emperor in military dress, shield on left arm, galloping right, spearing barbarian with outstretched arms kneeling left in front of the horse, shield and broken spear beneath horse. In field to right, star.
In exergue RP
RIC VIII Rome 198/ 204

 

Very nice coin, Victor!

 

Minted in Rome, and only Rome..:


CONSTANTINE I
AE3
3.4g, 19.2mm
RIC VII Rome 146 (R3)
O: CONSTA-NTINVS AVG, bust right, wearing cuirass and crested helmet.
R: ROMAE A-ETERNAE, Roma seated right on shield, inscribing X/V on shield that rests on her knee; P-R in field, RP in exergue.

 

And a good looking one at that!

 

Someone say Rome?

 

A couple of very rare ones from Rome:

Galla Placidia, Western Roman Empire
AE nummus
Obv: D N GALLA PLA-CIDIA P F AVG, female, pearl-diademed bust right, wearing necklace and earrings
Rev: SALVS REI-PVBLICE around cross, T in left field
Mint: Rome; Mintmark: RM in ex
Ref: RIC X 2111



Libius Severus, Western Roman Empire
AE nummus
Obv: D N LIBIVS SEVERVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped bust right
Rev: Monogram of Ricimer within wreath
Mint: Rome; struck 461-467 AD (Libius Severus reigned 461-465 AD)
Ref: RIC X 2715

 

here's another ROMAE AETERNAE with the Eros cryptogram

Licinius I
A.D. 320
20mm 3.2gm
IMP LI-CINIVS AVG; helmeted and cuirassed bust right.
ROMAE AETERNAE; Roma std. r., shield in lap inscribed X/V
in ex. R eros (in Greek) S
RIC VII Rome 196




“Part of this mint mark is a cryptogram, and is Greek for eros, which in Latin is amor. Amor and Roma are palindromes-- they read the same backward or forward. The first letter in this mintmark is the Latin letter “R”, for Roma. The next symbol is a ligature, which consists of two Greek letters epsilon and rho, and then an upward sweep which transforms the ligature into the Greek letter omega. What looks like a “C” is actually the Greek letter sigma. The last letter is the officina. The Greek cryptogram section reads epsilon rho omega sigma or Eros.”

 

Lovely coins everyone.
How about some silver from Rome?

ANCIENT ROME: Valentinian I (364-375 CE) Ar Siliqua (18mm, 2.13g) of Rome, 1st Officina; SR-4099, RSC-81d. Obv: diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right; Rev: Valentinian seated left holding sceptre and Victory. Very Fine.

 

I, too, am fond of late Rome mint coins but most are similar to ones shown above.
Crispus needs love (x2)


a Roman hut


May be as close to Neopotian as I ever get.

There are a lot of falling horsemen from Rome but the hardest one to find really nice may just be the last tiny one which is usually worse than my poor coin.

Of course Rome struck for Gallus


and Magnentius

 

Wonderful posts everyone!!

It seems I'm missing any struck at the ROME mint....DRATS!! Another item to add to my 'wish-list!

 

Personally the Siliquae from the Rome mint look the best to me. A close second would be Arles, then Trier.
Here is a Valens Siliqua from Rome(not mine)

 

i don't have much late roman stuff from rome, here's a constantine with a funky nose die break...

 

I think the Rome bronzes are of finer style than most.
A few of mine;