/internal/media/dispatcher/1208671/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailSolidus (reverse) with Constantius II showing personifications of the cities of Rome and ConstantinopleA.D. 355–357Diameter: 22 mm. Weight: 4.48 gm. Die Axis: 6GoldEdward Jackson Holmes Collection—Bequest of Mrs. Edward Jackson Holmes65.2701Obverse: Frontal bust of Constantine II, head slightly left, wearing a helmet and cuirass and holding a sword or spear in right hand behind head
FL IVL CONSTANTIVS P F AVG
Reverse: Roma and Constantinopolis enthroned facing, supporting between them a shield inscribed: VOT/XXX/MVLT/XXXX;
GLORIA REI PUBLICAE in exergue: RSM
The inscription in the shield held by Roma and Constantinopolis. The XXX refers to the number of years (30) of rule of Constantius at the time of the mintingNumismatics5657801