RIC VIII Aquileia 180
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
AD 352–AD 355
Issuing entity
Roman EmpireMaker / issuer
Aquileia (ancient mint)
Solidus in gold struck at Aquileia under Constantius II, AD 352–AD 355, catalogued as RIC VIII Aquileia 180. Obverse: Bust of Constantius II, pearl-diademed, wearing crested and diademed helmet, cuirased, facing front, holding spear diagonally over right shoulder in right hand and shield decorated with ? in left hand. Reverse: Roma, helmeted, draped, enthroned front, and Constantinopolis, draped, enthroned left, head left, supporting a wreath inscribed VOT/XXX/MVLT/XXXX; Roma holding spear in left hand; Constantinopolis holding sceptre in left hand, her right foot on prow. Weight, diameter, die axis and a rights-cleared photograph are not yet documented for this type record.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- Gold
- Manufacture
- Struck
- Denomination
- Solidus
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Aquileia
- Issuing authority
- Constantius II
Design
- Obverse type
- Bust of Constantius II, pearl-diademed, wearing crested and diademed helmet, cuirased, facing front, holding spear diagonally over right shoulder in right hand and shield decorated with ? in left hand
- Reverse type
- Roma, helmeted, draped, enthroned front, and Constantinopolis, draped, enthroned left, head left, supporting a wreath inscribed VOT/XXX/MVLT/XXXX; Roma holding spear in left hand; Constantinopolis holding sceptre in left hand, her right foot on prow
- Obverse legend
- FL IVL CONSTAN-TIVS PERP AVG
- Reverse legend
- GLORIA - REI - PVBLICAE
Identification
- Type corpus record
- https://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.8.aq.180
- Catalogue reference
- RIC VIII Aquileia 180
- Type corpus identifier
- ric.8.aq.180
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