Coins of the Roman Emperor Constantius II
        (Caesar 324-337 and Augustus 337-361)
   All his types of bronze coins.

   This site has 5 pages:
    1)  This page which lists all the types in tables (with links to images)
    2)  A page with one image of each type. (Image to the right: Constantius II on type F411.)
    3)  A page with additional images of FEL TEMP REPARATIO coins.
    4)  A page with additional images of types of Vetranio
    5)  A page with additional images of other types. 

What's in the tables? The tables below lists a type set for Constantius II. It list all 39 of his bronze reverse types, but not varieties. Images are on a linked page. The same basic reverse design and legend from different mints is regarded as one type. My use of the terms type and variety is discussed below. The primary references are RIC VII and RIC VIII, but many types are issued from many mints and several obverses and would not have a unique RIC ID number, so I have chosen to use Failmezger numbers because his ID numbers are for reverse types. What this page contributes is the extraction of the types of one emperor--Constantius II. 

Types of Constantius II fall into five broad categories:
1)  Types as Caesar (324-337) Table 1.
2)  Types as Augustus before the coin-reform of 348 (337-348) Table 2.
3)  FEL TEMPREPARATIO types of the reform of 348. Table 3.
4)  Types issued by Vetranio (March 1, 350 to Dec 25, 350) in the name of Constantius II. Table 4.
5)  other post-reform types (348-361) Table 5.

Note for collectors: You are welcome to copy these tables to use them as a checklist. 

"Types" and "varieties".  The line between "type" and "variety" is fine. Is a gampgate with four towers different from an otherwise-similar campgate with three towers? Yes, for some collectors, but, for purposes of this page, it is regarded as a different variety of the same type. Some basic designs have varieties of special interest. For example, the extremely common GLORIA EXERCITVS with two standards very rarely has a Christian chi-rho between the standards. As a collectible, the chi-rho variety is far more valuable. Does that make it a different type? For purposes of this page, chi-rho variety is regarded as a variety, so the answer is "No". What about different sizes of the same design? The common soldier spearing fallen horseman; type comes is sizes from 24 mm down to 17 mm:



Where should the line between types be drawn? Academically, and in RIC, mint and field marks allow us to distinguish issues. I choose not to draw those distinctions and call them all one "type". Collectors have good reasons to prefer the larger examples and distinguish mints and special varieties, but this page does not. 
  This page is about reverse types. Some of the types, especially those as Caesar, come with various bust varieties. Interesting bust varieties may add a large premium to the value, but are not part of this list of reverse types. You are, of course, welcome to distinguish varieties as important to your collection in any way you like. 
 

References.

RIC VII (for coins as Caesar)

RIC VIII (for coins as Augustus)

Failmezger, Victor. Roman Bronze Coins From Paganism to Christianity: 294-364 A.D. 2002. Hardcover, 156 page plus 42 color plates. A very good book with very many color photographs and tables of all sorts of things (e.g. historical events, FEL TEMP REPARATIO varieties) of interest to collectors. 

Bruck, Guido. Die Spätrömische Kupferprägung. 1961. Hardcover. xiv plus 101 pages of drawings by type with emphasis on how to distinguish differences including emperors, mints, headdresses, adjuncts, legend breaks, etc. Also has counts by ruler and mint, making is easier to tell which types belong to which rulers. It is in German, but that hardly matters except for the introduction. This book has been largely reproduced on line here:
https://www.tesorillo.com/aes/home.htm  (It lacks the counts of how many of each type were in the sample collection.)
For example, which mints have "soldier-spearing-fallen-horseman" in the "sitting" variety? This site will tell you by showing you drawings of the different poses with their mints given:  https://www.tesorillo.com/aes/024/024i.htm
 

Links:  Continue with page 2, a page with one image of each type. 

    1)  This page was page 1. Return to the top of this page. 
    2)  Continue with page 2, a page with one image of each type. 
    3)  A page with additional images of FEL TEMP REPARATIO types.
    4)  A page with additional images of types of Vetranio
    5)  A page with additional images of other types. 

Go to the main Table of Contents of this whole educational web site.