brm_1144883 - CONSTANTIUS II Argenteus
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Type : Argenteus
Date: 353-355
Mint name / Town : Lyon
Metal : silver
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,98 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Belle monnaie malgré quelques rayures. Patine gris foncé
Obverse
Obverse legend : D N CONSTAN-TIVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Tête diadémée de Constance II à droite.
Obverse translation : "Dominus Noster Constantius Pius Felix Augustus" (Notre Maître Constance Pieux Heureux Auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VOTIS /XXX /MVLTIS /XXXX// LVG.
Reverse description : dans une couronne.
Reverse translation : "Votis tricennalibus Multis quadridecennalibus", (Vœux pour les trente années de règnes et plus pour les quarante années à venir).
Historical background
CONSTANTIUS II
(8/11/324-3/11/361)
Augustus
Constantius II was born on August 7, 318 in Sirmium. He was raised to the cesarat on November 8, 324 at the age of six. He will reign 37 years, one of the longest reigns of the 4th century. After having crushed the revolt of Magnentius, he was alone august with a Caesar, Constance Galle, whom he had executed in 354. On November 6, 355, he elevated his cousin Julian to the title of Caesar. He went to Rome in 357, then to Sirmium, which he made his capital. Faced with the Sassanid danger, he left this region in 359 and settled in Antioch. Julien is proclaimed august in February 360. Constantius dies on November 3, 361, leaving Julien at the head of the Empire.
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