RIC VII Antioch 38
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Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
AD 324
Issuing entity
Roman EmpireMaker / issuer
Antioch, Syria (ancient mint)
2 Solidus in gold struck at Antioch, Syria under Constantine I, AD 324, catalogued as RIC VII Antioch 38. Obverse: Bust of Constantine I, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right, seen from behind. Reverse: Constantine I, laureate, draped, cuirassed, standing left, erecting trophy with right hand and holding long sceptre in left hand; at foot of trophy, cuirass and shield. Weight, diameter, die axis and a rights-cleared photograph are not yet documented for this type record.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- Gold
- Manufacture
- Struck
- Denomination
- 2 Solidus
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Antioch, Syria
- Issuing authority
- Constantine I
Design
- Obverse type
- Bust of Constantine I, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right, seen from behind
- Reverse type
- Constantine I, laureate, draped, cuirassed, standing left, erecting trophy with right hand and holding long sceptre in left hand; at foot of trophy, cuirass and shield
- Obverse legend
- IMP CONSTANTINVS P F AVG
- Reverse legend
- SECVRITAS PERPETVAE
Identification
- Type corpus record
- https://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.7.anch.38
- Catalogue reference
- RIC VII Antioch 38
- Type corpus identifier
- ric.7.anch.38
Catalogue references
Research required
- Nominal weight not transcribed from a primary reference
- Diameter and die axis not transcribed
- Mint mark and officina detail not transcribed
- No rights-cleared photograph identified yet