Constantius II, 337-361. Solidus (Gold, 21 mm, 4.47 g, 5 h), Antiochia, November 355-November 361. FL IVL CONSTANTIVS PERP AVG Pearl-diademed, helmeted and cuirassed bust of Constantius II facing, his head turned slightly to right, holding spear in his right hand and with a shield, decorated with a horseman spearing a fallen foe, over his left shoulder.
Rev. GLORIA REI PVBLICAE / SMANS Roma, helmeted, seated facing on the left, holding spear in her left hand, and Constantinopolis, turreted, seated to left with her right foot on prow on the right, holding scepter in her left hand, supporting between them a shield inscribed VOT / XXX / MVLT / XXXX. Depeyrot 10/1. RIC 165. Struck from a slightly corroded obverse die and with a scrape on the reverse
, otherwise, good very fine.
From the collection of a Cosmopolitan, acquired before 2005.