Description: Constans (Caesar 333 - 337 AD). AE3 Nicomedia mint 336-337 AD. FL CONSTANS NOB CAES; laureate, draped and cuirassed bust left / GLORIA EXERCITVS; two soldiers holding spears and shields with one standard between them; SMNS in ex.

Diameter: AE15 mm

Weight: 1,34 g

Grade: aVF/aVF

Attribution: RIC VII Nicomedia 202

Commentary: rare; dark grey patina, some roughness of flan's edge

History: Constans was engaged to Olympias - the daughter of the praetorian prefect - shortly before the death of his father Constantine, but the marriage never came to pass.

Article Number: 034-02-05-44365