ROMAN COIN HOARD

Ten bronze nummi coins. All the coins are of a denomination commonly known as the nummus. The final coin of the group was produced in AD 348, during the joint reign of Constantius II (AD 337-61) and his younger brother Constans (AD 337-50). Both had been brought up as Christians by their father Constantine the Great (AD 306-37) the first emperor to adopt the faith. Constans was the last legitimate emperor to visit Britain.The rest of the coins present were minted during AD 330s. Only one carries the bust of Constantine the Great himself with a reverse design of two soldiers with legionary standards between them (with motto Gloria Exercitus, to the glory of the army). The others consist of two commemorative types of the same period celebrating the twin capitals of the late Roman Empire: Rome and Constantinople. These coins carry the busts of the personifications of these cities and their reverses an appropriate emblem (the legendary she-wolf suckling Romulus and Remus for Rome, and a Victory on prow for Constantinople to recall the naval victory that enabled Constantine to found his new city). The coins were produced at a number of mints around the empire (with an expected bias towa