Constantine III AR Siliqua. Arelate, AD 408-411. D N CONSTANTINVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VICTORIA AAVGGG, Roma seated left on cuirass, holding Victory on globe and inverted spear; KON[T] in exergue. RIC X 1539; RSC 4e corr. (AVGGG). 1.65g, 14mm, 12h.
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From the Vitangelo Collection, collector's ticket included.
Constantine III is remembered chiefly as the general and usurper who declared himself Western Roman Emperor in 407 while based in Britannia, stripping all troops from the province and thus leaving it open to Saxon invasion and conquest. Thus was Britannia forever lost to Rome.