Roman Coin Project
By Steven Chrappa



Coin Data:
Constantine I-307-337 AD
AE 1.5 cm diameter 1gm
Obverse: DN CONSTAN -TIVS PF AVG (Dominus Noster Constantius Pius Felix Augustus) This means Our godly lucky master Constantine Augustus. Laureate and the head is facing right
Reverse: SPES REPUBLICAE this means hope of the republic. A man holding a sun I his right hand and a spear in his left hand.
Ex:SMK
Mint: Kyzicus

Biography of Constantius II:
Flavius Iulius Constantius was born at Sirmium (now located in Serbia) in province of Pannonia, the third son of Constantine the Great, and second by his second wife Fausta, the daughter of Maximian. Constantius was made Caesar by his father on November 13, 324. In order to stay in power Constantius faced many rebellions and problems. He was also married three times. First to a daughter of his half-uncle Julius Constantius, whose name is unknown. She was a full-sister of Gallus and a half-sister of Julian. She died around 352/3 AD. His second marriage was to Eusebia, a woman of Macedonian origin from the city of Thessaloniki. She died in 360. His third and final marriage was in 360, to Faustine, who gave birth to Constantius' only child, a daughter named Flavia Maxima, who later married Emperor Gratian. After the birth of his daughter, Constantius immediately gathered his forces and set off west. However, by the time he reached Mopsuestia in Cicilia, it was clear that he was fatally ill and would not survive to face Julian. Realizing his death was near, Constantius had himself baptised by Euzoius, the Semi-Arian bishop of Antioch and then declared that Julian was his successor. Constantius II died of fever on November 3, 361.