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RIC VIII Rome 159

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RIC VIII Rome 159, Small AE2, Bronze, struck at Rome, 348–350 AD. Obverse: bust of constans, laureate, rosette-diademed, draped, cuirassed, left, holding globe in right hand; n behind bust. Reverse: soldier, helmeted, draped, cuirassed, advancing right, head left, leading small bare-headed figure from a hut beneath a tree with right hand and holding spear in left hand. Weight about 4.5 g.
obverse RIC VIII Rome 159
obverse: Bust of Constans, laureate, rosette-diademed, draped, cuirassed, left, holding globe in right hand; N behind bust
mint Rome weight 4.50g (5)
ruler Constans diameter ⌀ (0)
denomination Small AE2 axis 6↕ (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, left, holding globe in right hand; N behind bust

D N CONSTA-NS P F AVG
reverse

Soldier, helmeted, draped, cuirassed, advancing right, head left, leading small bare-headed figure from a hut beneath a tree with right hand and holding spear in left hand

FEL TEMP REPARAT-I-O
specimens (9)
British Museum 4.59g
British Museum (RIC VIII)
RIC VIII Rome 159, harvard
Harvard Art Museums 4.38g 6↕
British Museum 4.08g
British Museum (RIC VIII)
British Museum 4.74g
British Museum (RIC VIII)
British Museum 4.73g
British Museum (RIC VIII)

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RIC VIII Rome 159 (ric.8.rom.159), 348–350 AD. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/ric-viii-rome-159/ (accessed: 2026-09-01). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA

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