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RIC VII Thessalonica 183

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RIC VII Thessalonica 183, AE3, Bronze, struck at Thessalonica, 330–333 AD. Obverse: bust of constantine i, rosette-diademed, draped, cuirassed, right. Reverse: two soldiers, helmeted, draped, cuirassed, standing facing each other, each holding reversed spear in outer hand and resting inner hand on shield; between them, two standards. Weight about 2.5 g, diameter 18.9 mm.
mint Thessalonica weight 2.49g (8)
ruler Constantine I diameter ⌀18.9 (6)
denomination AE3 axis 5↕ (5)
material Bronze technique Struck
country Roman Empire dataset OCRE — Online Coins of the Roman Empire
ODC-ODbL
obverse

Bust of Constantine I, rosette-diademed, draped, cuirassed, right

CONSTANTI-NVS MAX AVG
reverse

Two soldiers, helmeted, draped, cuirassed, standing facing each other, each holding reversed spear in outer hand and resting inner hand on shield; between them, two standards

GLOR-IA EXERC-ITVS
specimens (10)
KENOM 2.54g ⌀18.8 12↕
KENOM 1.99g ⌀17.2 1↕
KENOM 2.88g ⌀18.4 7↕
British Museum 1.89g
British Museum (RIC VII)
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 2.35g ⌀20.0
KENOM 2.34g ⌀18.7 6↕
British Museum 2.68g
British Museum (RIC VII)
KENOM — Konstanz 3.22g ⌀20.0 1↕

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RIC VII Thessalonica 183 (ric.7.thes.183), 330–333 AD. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/ric-vii-thessalonica-183/ (accessed: 2026-09-13). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA