50,00 €
Delmatius (Caesar 335 – 337 AD). AE3 Constantinople mint 336-337 AD. FL DELMATIVS NOB C; laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / GLORIA EXERCITVS; two soldiers standing facing, head turned inward, spear in outer hand, resting inner hand on grounded shield, one standard between them; CONSI in ex.
| Diameter [mm]: | AE17 |
| Weight [g]: | 1,52 |
| Grade: | aVF/gF |
| Attribution: | RIC VII Constantinople 141; Sear 16898 |
| Commentary: | rare; dark olive-grey patina, some deposits, some roughness |
With the elevation of half-nephew Delmatius to the rank of fourth Caesar, Constantine probably had tried to recreate some kind of tetrachical system.
