Die constantinische Goldprägung in Trier

Abstract

A long development raised Trier to the rank of a residence in the late period. It began with the never admitted fact that Rome had practically been given up as the permanent seat of the rulers, and led through a restless wandering of the emperor and his staff from headquarters to headquarters, while Rome's precedence in principle was preserved. The military emergency of the later third century could hardly be mastered, the system of static frontier defence failed, and Gallienus already kept a mobile army constantly with him. Diocletian drew the conclusion of dividing the empire into four and raising one important city in each part to a permanent residence. So Trier became officially an imperial residence with the appointment of the Caesar Constantius Chlorus in 293, which it had long been in fact within the Gallic part of the empire.

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Suggested citation

R.-Alföldi, Maria: Die constantinische Goldprägung in Trier. In: Jahrbuch für Numismatik und Geldgeschichte 9 (1958), pp. 99–139, Tf.4-11.

Subject tags

Late Antiquity Mint history Monetary policy Gaul Germany