Follis (Coin) Portraying Emperor Constantine II as Caesar

Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium

333-335

Roman

The front of this coin portrays the emperor Constantine II, facing right wearing a crown of laurels and a type of breastplate called a cuirass.
On the back, two soldiers are depicted frontally, standing between two vertical standards with their heads facing center.

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium

Artist: Ancient Roman
Title: Follis (Coin) Portraying Emperor Constantine II as Caesar
Place: Ancient Mediterranean (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: Struck 333 CE–335 CE
Medium: Bronze
Inscriptions: Obverse: [CO]NSTANTINVS IVN NO [B] [C] Reverse: GLORIA EXERCITVS In exergue: SMALB
Dimensions: Diam.: 1.8 cm (3/4 in.)
Credit Line: Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson Collection
Reference Number: 1938.1219
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Martin A. Ryerson (1856-1932) and Carrie Hutchinson Ryerson (1859-1937), Chicago; bequeathed to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1938.

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