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headlaureateinsteadof thebustlaureate,
draped,with cuirass,as on the medallion, and a brieferinscription. This
coin,whichwas in thehoard,is a solidus,
and hencecannotbe earlierthan309-310,
Fig. 2
reformwas effected
whena monetary
by
of
Constantinethroughthe substitution
thesolidas of c. 4.55 gr., or seventy-two
to thegold pound,fortheaureusweighing c. 5.45 gr., or sixtyto the pound.
Accordingto Maurice,it belongsto the
thirdissueof theTrvesmint,namelyto
theperiodbetweenMay,309,dateof the
recognitionof Constantineand MaximinusII Daza as Augustiby Galerius,
and June,313,dateof thedeathof Daza.
Anotherexampleof thistypeof solidus
was presentin thehoard,of slightly
differentreversedie.7 Anothersolidusof
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Constantine,
Fig. 3, with reversetype,
threemilitarystandards,and inscription
s. p. Q. R. ptimo principi, and mintmark PTR8 and obversesimilarto the
above piece was also in thehoard. This
lattercoin is classifiedby Maurice as
belonginglikewiseto the thirdissue of
at Trves,309-313. The reConstantine
verse inscription,s. p. q. r. optimo
principi, is explained by Maurice
(Nam. Const.I, 204,bronzecoinsof the
for
Roman mint strucksimultaneously
Constantine,Licinius and Maximinus
to therapprochement
Daza), as referring
of Constantineand the Roman Senate,
afterthe defeatand deathof Maxentius
in the battleof the Mulvianbridgeand
into Rome on
the entryof Constantine
October26, 312. On this occasionthe
thetitulus
Senatedecreedto Constantine
nominis
titulus
or
,
primiordinis, primi
his
name
of
the
right placing
namely,
at the head of the list of the Augusti
,
whichhad previously
and of legislating,
belongedto Daza, who had refusedto
yieldit to Constantine.This piece,then,
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if theabove interpretation
of its reverse
be
inscription correct,
belongstowardthe
end of the period309-313,and supplies
us with a terminuspost quem for the
burialof the hoard,since therewas no
Fig. 3
solidiof laterdatein thehoard. For the
later issues of Constantinewhich are
associatedwiththe Arras hoardcoins in
the Ratto Sale Cat. April, 1923 (cf.
Note 4), suchas Nos. 443,449, ff.(and,
also, we are boundto conclude,No. 446,
a datedpieceof thefourthconsulate,315
A. D., notillustrated)werenota partof
of
the hoard,accordingto the testimony
thosewho examinedit. Moreover,these
in the Ratto
later coins of Constantine
of theperiods313-317,
Catalogue,chiefly
324-326and 336-7,are quitecommonand
are in a morewornconditionthanthose
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whichare known
issues of Constantine
to have been in the hoard and belong
to the firstpart of his reign. Finally,
the gap existingbetweenthe issues of
earlierperiodand theselate
Constantine's
coins in the Ratto Cataloguemakes it
impossibleto regardthe lattergroupas
part of the hoard. Of No. 447 in the
Cataloguewe have alreadyspokenas another example of the solidus, Fig. 1.
No. 448, an aureus of Constantineas
Caesar, 306-308, was probablyin the
hoard. As to Nos. 444-445,we can
safelyconcludethattheydid not belong
to it. The veryrare aureusof Maxentius,9Ratto,No. 440, whichis in mint
condition,
belongsto the period309-312,
and would,accordingto theabovereasoning, have been an issue previousto the
s. p. g. R. piece of Constantine.If we
accept the date assigned to this latter
coin by Maurice,the date of the deposit
of the hoard shouldbe given as about
312-313. However,we shouldbe inclined
to date the hoard,aside fromthis particularcoin and the date assignedto it
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ii
rewards
sentedas marksof distinction,
for politicalor militaryservice. The
coins in the hoard fall intotwo distinct
groups: (i) the earlieraurei preserved
as bullion,and as jewelry in frames
(Hadrianus,Faustina Sr., Faustina Jr.,
Commodus,Caracalla, Julia Domna are
amongthe mountedpieces seen by the
writer) some of which show signs of
considerablecirculation,covering the
periodfromabout 118 to 211; (2) later
aurei (and solidi) rangingfromDiocletianus to Constantinewhose condition
varies fromslightlyworn to fine,brilliant state, extendingover the period
284-312.
of the
As in thecase of themedallions
Hellevillefind,10those fromArras are
nearlyall unique pieces,for thesemultiple-aurei were struck as imperial
largesses and were not issued in very
large quantities. They are chieflyfive
and ten aurei pieces,all remarkably
well
in
is
some
mint
state.
There
preserved;
no large medallionof Galerius Maximianus,alone,whichis quitein keeping
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in militarydresswithcloak,bareheaded,
resting left arms on long, upright
- each holding a patera
scepters,
, with
whichtheyare pouringa libationupon
a tripod-altar
placed betweenthem; in
the central background,two military
standards;in the exergue,prom {Percussa Romac), "Struckat Rome".
Gold Medallion. 10 aurei, or denio,
38 mm. 54.27 gr. Unique and unpublished. Plate I.
This unique medallionof Constantius
Chlorus and Galerius Maximianustogetheras Caesars, is one of the earliest
medallionsin the find,as is evidencedby
itsmoreworncondition
as compared
with
thatof the others. The occasionof its
issue is perfectly
clear fromthe obverse
and reversetypesand inscriptions.It
was struckin 293, to commemorate
the
elevationof Constantius
and Galeriusto
the rank of Caesars, Principes iuventutis. On theobverse,we havetheportraitbustsof the two new associatesin
the empireof Diocletianus,clad in the
imperialmantleand holdingemblemsof
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whileon thereversethetwo
sovereignty,
as "takingthe
Emperorsare represented
at thetripod,accordingto
oathof office"
the traditionaltype.
Diocletianusascended the thronein
November,284, and reignedalone until
April, 285, when he associated with
him MaximianusHerculius directlyas
Augustuswithoutfirsthavingappointed
himCaesar. On March1, 293,he called
and
to the rankof Caesars, Constantius
GaleriusMaximianus,and just as Diocletianuswas the firstAugustus and
Maximianus Herculius the second, so
Constantius
was thefirstCaesar in rank,
and Galeriusthe second.11 Hence there
in the orderof the names
is significance
of the Caesars in the obverseinscripthe portraiton
tion. Correspondingly,
to be identified
theleftis unquestionably
the Caesar of
as that of Constantius,
senior rank. That this positionof the
to his prior
seniorin rankcorresponding
mentionin the inscription
runningfrom
withconfrontleftto righton medallions
ing portraitswas a regularlyobserved
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is borneout by othermedalconvention,
lions of this type. On the medallion
of Diocletianusand MaximianusHerculiusin Florence,12
thetwoAugustiare
so placed in orderof seniority,
Diocletianuson the left and Herculiuson the
of
right. For, althoughthe portraiture
this period is very conventional,
Herculius is here unmistakable
on account
- a decidedly
of his prominentfeature
retroussnose. On medallionsstruckby
Constantine
the Great,havingas reverse
busts of the Caesars,
typesconfronting
Crispus and Constantine,
Jr.,13and of
Crispus and ConstantiusII,14 the figure on the left in each case is that of
Crispus. This is made evident,not by
the portraiture,
whichis utterlyconventional,but by the deviceof representing
the seniorin rank,Crispus,as of larger
size than the juniors,who were,indeed
so manyyearsyounger.15
Our medallionwas struckat Romeand
is thesecondone in the Arras findfrom
thismint. For, the medallionof Diocletianus, Arethuse,PI. viii, 3, although
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withoutmint-mark,
is probablya product
of theRomanmint,accordingto its style.
The flan,likethatof theabovementioned
denio of Diocletianusand Herculiusin
thanthose
Florence,is smallerand thicker
of the other dentonesof the hoard,10
namely,the London medallionof Conl. c., PI. vii, and the
stantius,AretJiuse,
medallionbearing the portraitsof the
of
four membersof the firsttetrarchy
Diocletianus (Plate iv). Of 'these two
latter pieces, the London medallionis
from the mint of Trves, while the
medallionof thetetrarchy
bearsno indicationof theplace of issue,but fromits
stylemaybe assignedto the Gallicmint.
The goldunits,or aurei,corresponding
to our multiple-piece
of tenaurei are the
coins struckby Constantius,
Cohen,233,
and byGalerius,C. 178,var. On theformer piece, Fig. 4, the reversetype is
that of the Emperorin militarydress
with cloak,bareheaded,standingto left
holdinga militarystandardin the right
handand restingon a long scepterwith
the left; the inscription,Principi
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prom are
iuvENTUTis,and mint-mark
identicalwiththoseon themedallion.On
Fig. 4
the latterpiece,Fig. 5, the reversetype
is similar,but the Emperoris laureate,
and the inscriptionis Principi iuventut. The obversesbear laureateheads,
and the inscriptions,
D N Constantio
Fig. 5
Caes and D N Maximiano Caes, thus
withtheinscripcorresponding
perfectly
tion on our denio of Constantiusand
Galerius,whichis also in thedativecase.
Thus we have in these coins the units
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CONSTANTIUSCHLORUS,as Caesar
,
A. D.
293-305
NO2. Ob' FL. VAL. CONSTANTIVS
BiLissiMvs C. Fl(avius) Val(erius)
Constant
ins, Nobilissimus C(aesar).
Head of ConstantiusChlorus to r.,
bearded,wearingthelion'sscalpas headdress.
Rev. marti Victoi "To Mars Victor". Mars Victoradvancingto r.,wearing helmetand floatingmantle,carrying
a trophyover 1. shoulderand a spear
in r. hand; in the exergue,
transversely
TR.
Gold medallion. 5 aurei, or quinto.
23 mm.26.15 gr. Unique. Plate II.
This medallionwas issued,as its obtellsus, whileConstanverseinscription
tius was still Caesar, hence,withinthe
period293-305. The reversetypequite
victory. M.
plainlyalludesto a military
Schulman( op. cit.note3) refersthetype
to eventsof theyear,298,in whichConstantiuswona victoryovertheAlemanni
who had invadedGaul in the districtof
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Herculius(on theleft) and of Constantius Chlorus(on the right). Type similar to obverse.
Gold medallion. 10 aurei, or dcnio.
42 mm. 54.40 gr. Unique and unpublished. Plate IV.
This trulyremarkablemedallionpresents the four co-rulersof the first
of Diocletianus,
tetrarchy
groupednotas
pairs of Augustiand Caesares, but, as
each of an Augustusand
pairs,consisting
a Caesar. Diocletianusand his adopted
son and heir to the empire,Galerius
Maximianus,occupythe obverse,while
MaximianusHerculiusand his adopted
son and heir,Constantius
Chlorus,appear
on thereverse.
There is no mint-name,
but,as stated
also
this
medallion
was probably
above,
struckat Trves as were the majority
of thosein thehoard. The medallionis
struckon a muchlarger flan than the
medallionof Constantiusand Galerius,
No. i, whichis of the same denomination. To this circumstance,
the broader
flanenablingthe artistto engraveupon
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NOTES
1Medallion,
No. i, maypossibly
notbelong
to thehoard.It is somewhat
morewornthan
the othermedallions,
and has not the discoloration
ofthegoldpeculiar
tothemedallions
andaureiofthisfind.It is from
themintof
whilemostoftheother
medallions
bearRome,
are fromtheTrvesmint.
ing a mint-mark
Thereis, however,
oneothermedallion
in the
without
a mint-mark
hoard,which,
though
is,
to its style,probably
also fromthe
according
Romanmint,Arethuse
, PI. viii,3. Hence,
alonedoes not constitute
the mint-mark
an
of No. 1 in the
to the inclusion
objection
to thiscountry
hoard. Also,it was brought
from
Arras.
withothermedallions
2Cf.NavilieCat.XI, PI. 38,977
3Jaarboek
voorMunten Penningkunde
,
1923,illus.,p. 80.
4Thenumber
ofaureiis conjectured
tohave
beenupwards
ofthreehundred.
Abouteighty
of thembelonging
to theperiod,
Diocletianus
to Constantine
the Great,appearedin the
RattoSale Cat.,April,1923 (Nos. 375 if).
About130 aureiwereseenat Arrasby the
of which87 wereof theperiod
of the
writer,
Antonines.
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5It is equallyreasonable
to supposethat
in thetwovasessepthehoardwascontained
forit was madeup of twodistinct
arately,
lots,an earlierlot of aurei rangingfrom
Hadrianus
to Caracalla,
anda laterlotrangDiocletianus
toConstantine
theGreat.
ingfrom
6Cohen,412; Maurice,
Num.Constant.
I,
p. 399,X.
7RattoSale Cat.,April,1923. No.447.
8 Cohen,556- Maurice,
I, p. 401,xiv.
NowJameson
Coll.,Cat.Ill, No. 476.
10Rev.Num.1906.
Il J.Maurice,
Rev.Num.1904,p. 74.
1-Gnecchi,
Med.Rom.PI. 5, 1; Cohen,
43.
13Cohen,
p. 320,No.2.
14Cohen,
p. 321,No. 1.
ISCrispuswas bornin 300,and Constanto Maurice,
tiusII in 317. According
Constantine,
Jr.was bornin 314. {Num.Const.
iii,p. 190.)
18The medallion
of Constantine,
Arethuse,
also to be reckoned
PI. viii,9, is probably
as itsweight,
as a denioofthesolidus
standard,
40.72gr.,thoughsomewhat
light,seemsto
-solidi
classit as a ten
piece.
17Gnecchi,
Med.Rom.PI. 5, 1- Cohen,
43,
Florence.
18Gnecchi,
PI. 5, 2, Berlin.
1Gnecchi,
PI. 5, 7: notin Cohen,
Budapest.
20Cohen,
p. 419,38 andp. 498,47.
21Cf. Jameson
Cat. II, Pl. xiv,Nos. 309,
ofaurei.
313 forthese
types
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22Its obverse,
Herhead of Maximianus
culiusin thelion'sscalpis ofthesamedieas
of thisEmperor,
medallion
thatof another
rewithdifferent
theO-Szny
also from
find,
versetype(Num.Zeit.1891,Pl. IV, 3,4) and
medallion
ona third
reverse
thislatter
appears
withtheinfrom
thesamefind,
of Herculius
Virtuti
Augg.V. et IUI cos. (ibid.
scription
PI. viii,1) whichprovesthatall threewere
of
in 293,yearof thefifth
struck
consulship
of Maximianus.
andthefourth
Diocletianus
23Cf. also W. Kubitschek,
Der Schatzfund
vonArras,Num.Zeit.1924,p. 86 ff.
24J.Maurice,
Rev.Num.1904,p. 72.
the articleby Col. Voetter,
Cf. further,
Herculiand Iovi,Num.Zeit.1901,forcoins
on whichthe
of thetetrarchy
of themembers
occur.
titlesandsymbols
andHerculian
Jovian
A seriesfromthe Romanmintbearsin the
: Diocletianus,Pexerguethe following
TS-club
thunderbolt
; Chlorus,
; Maximianus,
A goldmedalclub;Galerius,
Q-thunderbolt.
hadas rein thePariscabinet
lionformerly
withthetwoEmverse,Iovio et Herculio,
sacriand Maximianus,
perors,Diocletianus
and
ficingat a tripod,and,above,Jupiter
a
on an altar,holding,
Hercules
respectively,
and a club. A bronzemedallion
thunderbolt
(Cohen,p. 481,No. 41) bearstheconfrontand Maximianus,
ing bustsof Diocletianus
MonetaIovi ct Herculi
and on thereverse,
of Moneta
witha figure
duorum,
Augustorum
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between
and Hercules.Constantius
Jupiter
andGalerius,
as Caesars
, eachissuedan idenon horseback
ticalreverse
type,theEmperor
(Cohen,306and215) withrespective
inscripHerculiCaesarisandVirtus
Iovi
tions,Virtus
Caesaris.
25Gnecchi,
Med.Rom.,Pis. 50,2, 3; 61,3;
63,2, 9; 89,2-5; 108,9; 109,6.
2CLaterbronzemedallions
repeatthistype
witha different
suchas Saeculum
inscription,
- LudiSaecularcs,
Novum
Jr.,Gnecchi,
Philip,
PI. 108,9; Philip,Sr.,Gnecchi,
PI. 109,6.
27Commemorated
on an aureusfromthe
No. 391.
hoard,
Ratto,
28Cf.thetypeofthetwoEmperors,
Diocleat
andMaximianus
tianus
Herculius,
sacrificing
an altar,withVotisX andVotisDcccnnalibus
issuesoftheseEmperors,
C. p.
onsmallbronze
475,532,andp. 562,668.
29A smallbronzeof Galerius,
as Caesar,
VotisX has,as
C. 235,withtheinscription
thetraditional
Galerius,
laureate,
type,
reverse,
at a lighted
cladin thetoga,sacrificing
altar,
aureusrecorded
butthereis no corresponding
in Cohen.
30Also,similartypesin Arcthusc,
PI. viii,
6, 7.
31Op.cit.Pl. viii,9.
32Op.cit.Pl. viii,4, 3.
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