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RIC VIII Arelate 55

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RIC VIII Arelate 55, AE3, Bronze, struck at Arelate, 340–340 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 1.6 g, diameter 15.0 mm.
mint Arelate weight 1.64g (3)
ruler Constantine II diameter ⌀15.0 (1)
denomination AE3 axis 5↕ (2)
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

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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

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specimens (4)
Universalmuseum Joanneum, Graz 1.44g 4↕
Portable Antiquities Scheme 1.71g ⌀15.0 6↕
British Museum 1.78g
British Museum (RIC VIII)

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RIC VIII Arelate 55 (ric.8.ar.55), 340–340 AD. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/ric-viii-arelate-55/ (accessed: 2026-09-05). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA

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