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Constantius I, Follis, Fides with Two Standards reverse, Scarce

Æ; 29mm/9.2gm        Aquileia Mint ca. 305-306 AD.

Con/ Well struck and centered with a glossy dark green patina; touch of corrosion on the reverse, otherwise, Good Very Fine after appropriate detail cleaning.

Obv/ IMP CONSTANTIVS PF AVG; laureate head right.

Rev/ FIDES MILITVM AVGG ET CAESS NN; Fides standing left, holding two standards. AQS in exergue.

Ref/ RIC Vol VI 60a

Seller's Note/ Constantius I Chlorus was the father of Constantine I, governor of Dalmatia under Carus in AD 282, named Caesar by Maximianus Herculeus in AD 292 and proclaimed Emperor by Maximianus in 305. Died in York in AD 306.