Roma Numismatics Ltd
Auction XXIII 24-25 Mar 2022
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Constantius Gallus, as Caesar, AR Siliqua. Sirmium, AD 351-354. CONSTANTIVS NOB CAES, bare head to right / VOTIS V MVLTIS X in four lines within laurel wreath with jewel at apex; SIRM below. RIC VIII 16; RSC 56b; CNG e488, 559; Roma XIX, 964 (hammer: £2,800); CNG e122, 389. 3.00g, 21mm, 12h.
Good Extremely Fine; minor flan crack, attractive light cabinet tone with an underlying lustre. Very Rare.
From the GK Collection.
The reverse of this issue denotes both a vota quinquennalia and decennalia (V-X). This issue cannot be commemorating a vota celebrated by Constantius Gallus himself as he reigned for only three years as Caesar before being executed by Constantius II for treason. It is not unusual for two vota enumerations to appear on the same issue, the second usually being anticipatory in its reference to the next celebration (typically five or ten years), nor was it unusual for imperial colleagues to harmonise their vota even if their accession dates were incompatible. It is known that Constantius celebrated his tricennalia on 8 November 353 and issues bearing the vota XXX-XXXX were struck in commemoration. It is plausible that this issue was struck within the context of the trincennalia and bears two anticipatory vota enumerations representing the next five and ten year celebrations (for further discussion, see RIC VIII, pp. 50-54).
Good Extremely Fine; minor flan crack, attractive light cabinet tone with an underlying lustre. Very Rare.
From the GK Collection.
The reverse of this issue denotes both a vota quinquennalia and decennalia (V-X). This issue cannot be commemorating a vota celebrated by Constantius Gallus himself as he reigned for only three years as Caesar before being executed by Constantius II for treason. It is not unusual for two vota enumerations to appear on the same issue, the second usually being anticipatory in its reference to the next celebration (typically five or ten years), nor was it unusual for imperial colleagues to harmonise their vota even if their accession dates were incompatible. It is known that Constantius celebrated his tricennalia on 8 November 353 and issues bearing the vota XXX-XXXX were struck in commemoration. It is plausible that this issue was struck within the context of the trincennalia and bears two anticipatory vota enumerations representing the next five and ten year celebrations (for further discussion, see RIC VIII, pp. 50-54).