Rome, Constantine I or Sons, Urbs Roma with Soldiers Reverse - 332 to 340 CE - Roman Empire

Includes glass top leatherette display box.

• Origin: Roman Empire
• Authority: Emperor Constantine I "the Great" or his sons
• Date: 332 - 340 CE
• Denomination: AE (bronze) unit, name unknown
• Mint: Unknown, mintmark is cut off
• Size: 16mm, 1.59 grams
• Type Number: RIC VIII Nicomedia 16
• Obverse: VRBS ROMA - Bust of Roma, visored with crested helmet, wearing ornamental mantle, left
• Reverse: GLORIA EXERCITVS - Two soldiers, helmeted, draped, cuirassed, facing front, heads toward each other, each holding inverted spear in outer hand and resting inner hand on shield; between them, a standard
• Notes: Typically, Urbs Roma coins were struck with Romulus and Remus on the reverse. This is a rarer type, with a "Gloria Exercitus" design with two soldiers instead.

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