RIC VII Nicomedia 54
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
AD 324
Issuing entity
Roman EmpireMaker / issuer
Nicomedia (ancient mint)
2 Solidus in gold struck at Nicomedia under Constantine I, AD 324, catalogued as RIC VII Nicomedia 54. Obverse: Bust of Constantine II, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right. Reverse: Constantine II, draped, cuirassed, standing left, erecting trophy with right hand and holding 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
- Nicomedia
- Issuing authority
- Constantine I
Design
- Obverse type
- Bust of Constantine II, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right
- Reverse type
- Constantine II, draped, cuirassed, standing left, erecting trophy with right hand and holding sceptre in left hand; at foot of trophy, cuirass and shield
- Obverse legend
- D N CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB CAES
- Reverse legend
- SECVRITAS PERPETVAE
Identification
- Type corpus record
- https://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.7.nic.54
- Catalogue reference
- RIC VII Nicomedia 54
- Type corpus identifier
- ric.7.nic.54
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