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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;seth77, post: 4718164, member: 56653&quot;]This UNC but heavily damaged <i>siliqua </i>with mint luster from Savoca:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1156615[/ATTACH]</p><p>CONSTANTIUS II (337-361)</p><p>AR19mm 1.95g reduced siliqua, minted at Sirmium, cca. 357(?)</p><p>DN CONSTAN - TIVS PF AVG; pearl-diademed draped cuirassed bust right</p><p>VOTIS / XXX / MVLTIS / XXXX inside wreath.</p><p>SIRM</p><p>RIC VIII Sirmium 68, C2</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Notes:</b> This extremely copious issue of reduced <i>siliquae</i> might be related to Constantius II&#039;s stay in Sirmium from 357 to early 359. More specifically to the beginning of this period, as by the ending of it, the gold issues were marking the quintricennalia (XXXV) and announcing the <i>quadracennalia</i> (XXXX). Thus a good <i>terminus post quem</i> of the issue (that might have lasted&nbsp; for the full period between 357 and 359 considering the large output) could be found around the time Constantius arrived in Sirmium in 357.</p><p><br /></p><p>Another possibility is hinted by the lack of material during this issue for Julian II as Caesar -- which should date closer to 360, when the definitive falling out between the two became irreconcilable. But if so, the legend should have likely involved XXXV - XXXX rather than the <i>tricennalian </i>legend.</p><p><br /></p><p>This specimen is practically uncirculated, mint state with luster, but unfortunately it was damaged, likely in modern time when the coin was retrieved. So an extraordinary but damaged specimen.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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