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Constantine I Small Bronze - 2 Soldiers, 2 Standards Reverse

GLORIA EXERCITVS Type
This coin was struck at the Arelate mint. For a time beginning in A.D. 328, the Gallic city of Arles or Arelate was renamed Constantia in honor of the emperor Constantine II. After Constantine II's death, the town regained its original name.

This has led to possible confusion of mintmarks on coins, as Constantinople used similar mintmarks. In general, a mintmark beginning with P, S, T, or Q for the officina letter (after the Latin abbreviations for the ordinals First, Second, Third, and Fourth) indicates a Western mint, in this case Arelate. If the mintmark is of the form CONSA or CONSB, using Greek letters for the officina letter (Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, Epsilon, etc.) as the last letter in the mintmark, it indicates an Eastern mint. This would be Constantinople in this case. See LRBC for more details on this somewhat involved issue.


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