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Solidus of Constantius II, Arelate (Arles)

Solidus of Constantius II, Arelate (Arles)

r. 337-361

Constantius II

Roman

Obv: clockwise from lower left, FL[AVIVS] IVL[IVS] CONSTAN TIVS PERP[ETVVS] AVC[VSTVS] (Flavius Julius Constantiius Eternal Augustus) Rev: clockwise from lower left, GLORIA REI PUBLICAE (Glory of the State); on shield, VOT[A]/XXX/MVLT[IS VOTIS]/XXXX (vows of the 30th anniversary, with many vows for a 40th anniversary); in exergue, KONSTAN (mintmark of Arles, workshop 3); star

Gold

Roman Imperial period, Late, to Early Byzantine

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