Centenionalis Público Deposited
A coin first mentioned in an edict of Constantius II and Julian of the year 356 A.D. It was of bronze, slightly washed with silver, and weighed between 3.55 and 2.60 grammes. It was first introduced by Constantine the Great and continued to be issued in great numbers until after Areadius. It was the hundredth part of the silver Siliqua. See Babelon. Traite (i. 612-614).
- Frey's Dictionary (American Journal of Numismatics, Vol. 50, 1916)