E-auction 690-740595 - brm_1148934 - CONSTANTIUS II Centenionalis ou nummus
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| Estimate : | 15 € |
| Price : | 2 € |
| Maximum bid : | 4 € |
| End of the sale : | 06 July 2026 14:24:20 |
| bidders : | 2 bidders |
Type : Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: 340
Mint name / Town : Arles
Metal : copper
Diameter : 16 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 1,46 g.
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée, usure régulière. Patine vert foncé
Obverse
Obverse legend : CONSTANTI-VS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Buste diadémé, drapé et cuirassé de Constance II auguste à droite (A’b) ; diadème lauré et perlé.
Obverse translation : “Constantius Pius Felix Augustus”, (Constance pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : GLOR-IA EXERC-ITVS/ I// PARL.
Reverse description : Deux soldats debout face à face, casqués et vêtus militairement, tenant chacun une haste et s'appuyant sur un bouclier ; au milieu, un étendard.
Reverse translation : “Gloria Exercitus”, (La gloire de l'armée).
Commentary
C’est la première émission après la disparition de Constantin II au printemps 340 quant la cité reprit son nom traditionnel d’Arelatum.
This is the first issue after the death of Constantine II in the spring of 340, when the city reverted to its traditional name of Arelatum.
This is the first issue after the death of Constantine II in the spring of 340, when the city reverted to its traditional name of Arelatum.
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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