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ID Number: | AC05-0701 |
Description: | Flavius Julius Delmatius (Caesar), 335-337 AD (Nephew of Constantine I) |
Country or State: | Roman Empire |
Period: | 335 - 336 (Siscia mint) |
Head of State/Ruler: | CONSTANTINUS I. commonly known as Constantine the Great |
Reign: | 307 - 337 A.D. |
Currency: | AE Follis |
Obverse: | Laureate Portrait right |
Obverse Legend: | FL DELMATIVS NOB C |
Reverse: | Two soldiers standing facing, each holding a spear and leaning on an inverted shield, between them one military standard |
Reverse Legend: | GLOR-IA EXERC-ITVS // BSIS |
Composition: | Bronze |
Diameter: | ~16.5 mm (irregular) |
Weight: | 1.8 grams |
Catalog Number: | RIC 256; Hunter 272 |
Flavius Dalmatius also known as Dalmatius Caesar, was a Caesar (335–337) of the Roman Empire, and member of the Constantinian dynasty. Dalmatius was son of another Flavius Dalmatius, censor, and nephew of Constantine I. Dalmatius and his brother Hannibalianus were educated at Tolosa (Toulouse) by rhetor Exuperius. On 19 September 335, he was raised to the rank of Caesar, with the control of Thracia, Achaea and Macedonia. Dalmatius died in late summer 337, killed by his own soldiers. It is possible that his death was related to the purge that hit the imperial family at the death of Constantine, and organized by Constantius II with the aim of removing any possible claimant to the throne. |