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ID:
750403
Type:
Roman Imperial
Issuer:
Constantius I Chlorus
Date Ruled:
AD 293-306
Metal:
Bronze
Denomination:
Quinarius
Struck / Cast:
struck
Date Struck:
AD 293-295
Diameter:
15 mm
Weight:
2.15 g
Die Axis:
6 h
Obverse Legend:
CONSTANTIVS NOB CAES
Obverse Description:
Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right
Reverse Legend:
PRINCIP-I IVVENTVT
Reverse Description:
Prince standing right, right hand holding transverse spear and left a globe globe
Mint Mark:
none
Mint:
Rome
Primary Reference:
RIC 057a
Reference2:
SRCV 3668
Reference4:
Rf. H.A.Cahn,
Photograph Credit:
Classical Numismatic Group
Source:
http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=56531
Grade:
Near EF, brown and green patina
Notes:
Very Rare. The quinarius, traditionally used as a presentation piece on occasions of public celebration, continued to be issued in the latter part of the 3rd century, even though it had become an anachronism within the context of the modified monetary system. Now struck in debased metal it still resembled its silver prototype in size and overall appearance and doubtless continued to serve the same ceremonial purpose down to the time of its final abandonment under the Tetrarchy. This exceptionally fine specimen bears the name and portrait of the Caesar Constantius, father of the future emperor Constantine the Great, and may date to the time of his appointment to junior imperial rank in the West (293 AD). His eastern counterpart, Galerius Maximian, struck similar coins. The reverse type is the conventional one for the heir to the throne depicting him as €˜Prince of the Youth€™ (Princeps Iuventutis), a tradition stretching back three centuries to the time of Gaius and Lucius Caesars, grandsons and designated successors of Augustus.
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