Gloria Exercitvs

Gloria Exercitvs

"The Glory of the Army"

One of my favorite areas of collecting! I'll spend hours rooting through dealer's junk boxes in search of these humble little coins, eagerly searching for minor little differences....a pellet here, a mint control mark there, a slightly different way in which the standard was cut, etc, etc. The good news is that I've not even come close to exhausting the possibilities, and when I do, there are still the VRBS coins, the VOTA series, IOVI, SOLI, and so on. I suspect that I'll still be working on this area when I finally tip over. Then, it will be up to my kids to get rid of them. I hope eBay is still around by then ; )

Constantine II AE3
OBV: CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C
REV: GLORIA EXERCITVS
Two soldiers, two standards.
EXG: SM AN E, Antioch mint

Constantine II, AE3
OBV: CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C
REV: GLORIA EXERCITVS
Two soldiers, one standard
EXG: SM AN C, Antioch mint

Constantius II, AE 3/4
OBV: FL IVL CONSTANTINVS AVG
REV: GLORIA EXERCITVS
Two soldiers, two standards.
EXG: TA (?)
Look closely...there are actually two standards on this rather crowded flan. What an unusual portrait!

Constantius II, AE3/4
OBV: FL IVL CONSTANTIVS NOB C
REV: GLORIA EXERCITVS
Two soldiers, two standards with wreath in upper center field, pellet between standards
EXG: S CONST, Arelate mint
It looks like the celator that carved this die used round punches for the standards as well as for the faces and helmets of the soldiers.

Constantius II, AE3
OBV: FL IVL CONSTANTIVS NOB C
REV: GLORIA EXERCITVS
Two soldiers, two standards
EXG: (pellet) r SIS (pellet), Siscia mint
Standards and device in standard made up of circles. A wonderful armored bust on the obverse.

Constantine II, AE3/4
Struck as Caesar
OBV: CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C
REV: GLORIA EXERCITVS
Two soldiers, two standards
EXG: TR A (pellet)

Constantius II, AE3/4
OBV: CONSTANTIVS PF AVG
REV: GLORIA EXERCITVS
Two soldiers, one standard. "M" inside standard
EXG: T R P, Trier mint