Constantius I Chlorus, as Augustus (AD 305-306). AV aureus (20mm, 5.34 gm, 6h). XF, repaired. Nicomedia, AD 305-306. CONSTANTI-VS AVGVSTVS, laureate head of Constantius I right / HERCOLI-VICTORI NK (ligate), Hercules, nude, standing facing, head right, leaning on club with right hand, apples and lion skin in left; SMN in exergue. RIC VI 32. Calicó 4845 (this coin). Powerful tetrarchy-era portrait. Interesting engraving error of HERCOLI in the legend instead of HERCVLI. Evidence of repair, thus ineligible for encapsulation. From the Historical Scholar Collection Constantius I's death at York only months after this coin was minted was the turning point in the fortunes of the Tetrarchy system. His troops immediately acclaimed his son Constantine as emperor, undermining the process of tiered and appointed rule set up by Diocletian.

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