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RIC VIII Heraclea 11

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

AD 337–AD 340

Issuing entity

Roman Empire

Siliqua in silver struck at Heraclea under Constantius II, AD 337–AD 340, catalogued as RIC VIII Heraclea 11. Obverse: Head of Constantius II, laureate, rosette-diademed, looking upward.

Reverse: Victory, winged, draped, advancing left, holding wreath in right hand and palm in left hand. Reverse legend: CONSTAN-TIVS AVG.

Evidence at a glance

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Catalogue references
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Historical context

Constantius II became Augustus alongside his brothers, Constantine II and Constans, on 9 September 337 following the death of his father, Constantine the Great. In the division of the Roman Empire, Constantius received Thrace, Greece, Egypt, and the Asian provinces in the east. This siliqua was produced between AD 337 and AD 340 at the mint of Heraclea, also known as Perinthus, an ancient city in Thrace on the Propontis.

Physical characteristics

Material
Silver
Manufacture
Struck
Denomination
Siliqua

Technical characteristics

Mint
Heraclea
Issuing authority
Constantius II

Design

Obverse type
Head of Constantius II, laureate, rosette-diademed, looking upward
Reverse type
Victory, winged, draped, advancing left, holding wreath in right hand and palm in left hand
Obverse legend
Not recorded in the source
Reverse legend
CONSTAN-TIVS AVG

Identification

How to identify
RIC separates types by mint and officina marks, obverse legend and bust form, and reverse legend and type; check the exergue and field marks against the RIC number before accepting a match.
Type corpus record
https://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.8.her.11
Catalogue reference
RIC VIII Heraclea 11
Type corpus identifier
ric.8.her.11
Source note
The type record is Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE), the American Numismatic Society's digital edition of Roman Imperial Coinage.

Documentation checklist

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Weight
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Mint or printer
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Catalogue references

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