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RIC VIII Arelate 23

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RIC VIII Arelate 23, AE3, Bronze, struck at Arelate, 337–340 AD. Obverse: bust of constans, laureate, rosette-diademed, draped, cuirassed, right. Reverse: two soldiers, helmeted, draped, cuirassed, facing front, heads toward each other, each holding inverted spear in outer hand and resting inner hand on shield; between them, a standard. Weight about 1.8 g, diameter 15.0 mm.
mint Arelate weight 1.82g (3)
ruler Constantine II diameter ⌀15.0 (1)
denomination AE3 axis 5↕ (1)
material Bronze technique Struck
country Roman Empire dataset OCRE — Online Coins of the Roman Empire
ODC-ODbL
obverse

Bust of Constans, laureate, rosette-diademed, draped, cuirassed, right

IMP CONS-TANS AVG
reverse

Two soldiers, helmeted, draped, cuirassed, facing front, heads toward each other, each holding inverted spear in outer hand and resting inner hand on shield; between them, a standard

GLOR-IA EXERC-ITVS
specimens (7)
British Museum 1.74g
British Museum (RIC VIII)
Portable Antiquities Scheme ⌀15.0 5↕
British Museum 1.80g
British Museum (RIC VIII)
British Museum 1.91g
British Museum (RIC VIII)

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RIC VIII Arelate 23 (ric.8.ar.23), 337–340 AD. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/ric-viii-arelate-23/ (accessed: 2026-09-08). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA