ROMAN.Delmatius AD 335-337 House of Constantine AE4 Nummus NGC.Two soldiers (11)

ROMAN EMPIRE

Delmatius 335-337 AD. AE4 (BI NUMMUS)

Issued as Caesar.  House of Constantine

CERTIFIED BY NGC

Obverse: laureate, draped and cuirassed bust
of Delmatius right

Reverse: Two soldiers standing, spear in
outer hands; between them, one standard

Dalmatius

Flavius Dalmatius Caesar (his name is often spelled Delmatius on contemporary
coins; died 337) was a Caesar (335–337) of the Roman Empire, and member of the
Constantinian dynasty.



Dalmatius was the nephew of Constantine the Great. His father, also named
Flavius Dalmatius, was the half-brother of Constantine and served as censor.
Dalmatius and his brother Hannibalianus were educated at Tolosa (Toulouse) .



Division of the Roman Empire among the Caesars appointed by Constantine I: from
west to east, the territories of Constantine II, Constans I, Dalmatius and
Constantius II. After the death of Constantine I (May 337), this was the formal
division of the Empire, until Dalmatius was killed and his territory divided
between Constans and Constantius.

On 18 September 335, he was raised to the rank of Caesar by his uncle, 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 imperial power
other than the sons of the late emperor.
  

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