CONSTANTIVS II

Reigned: 337-361 A.D.

Thessalonica

THESSALONICA (Salonika, Greece - 40°38'N, 22°58'E), founded by King Cassander of Macedonia in 316 BC when he consolidated about twenty-six small villages onto the site, is at the head of the Gulf of Therme with an anchorage protected by the Chalcidice peninsula. The Romans took Macedonia in 167 BC and made the city the provincial capital when Macedonia became a province in 146 BC. It had a local mint since 200 BC, and issued Greek imperial coins from Augustus to Gallienus. An Imperial mint opened in 298 or 299 and it was in nearly continuous operation until the reign of Leo I (457-474). (From MONETA, from www.numus.com)

AE4 (15mm) Struck 337-340 A.D. Thessalonica

Obv: CONSTANTIVS P F AVG Diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right

Rev: GLORIA EXERCITVS Two soldiers on either side of a single standard in exergue.

RIC VIII 56
   

AE 3 (18mm) Struck 348-350 A.D. Thessalonica

Obv: D N CONSTANTIVS P F AVG Diademed, draped , and cuirassed bust right

Rev: FEL TEMP REPARATIO Emp in galley holding phoenix and labrum, victory at the rudder TESA in exergue

RIC VIII 119
   

AE 2 (23mm) Struck 350-355 A.D. Thessalonica

Obv: D N CONSTANTIVS P F AVG Diademed, draped , and cuirassed bust right

Rev: FEL TEMP REPARATIO Emp. adv left holding phoenix on globe and chi-rho banner, captive at his feet in left field, in right field TESA in exergue.

RIC VIII 174
   

AE 3 (18mm) Struck 355-361 A.D. Thessalonica

Obv: D N CONSTANTIVS P F AVG Diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right

Rev: FEL TEMP REPARATIO Soldier spearinf fallen horseman. Horseman reaches towards soldier M in left field SMTSB in exergue

RIC VIII 208
   

AE 3 (17mm) Struck 355-361 A.D. Thessalonica

Obv: D N CONSTANTIVS P F AVG Diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right

Rev: FEL TEMP REPARATIO Soldier spearing fallen horseman. Horseman fall foward, clasping horses neck, M in left field, SMTSA in exergue

RIC VIII 211
   

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