E-auction 507-418348 - brm_723125 - CONSTANTIUS II Centenionalis ou nummus
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| Estimate : | 40 € |
| Price : | 10 € |
| Maximum bid : | 10 € |
| End of the sale : | 02 January 2023 14:44:30 |
| bidders : | 4 bidders |
Type : Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: 337-340
Mint name / Town : Atelier indéterminé
Metal : copper
Diameter : 14,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 0,78 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie frappée sur un flan un peu court et fin, avec un joli buste. Patine marron
Obverse
Obverse legend : FL IVL CONSTANTIVS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré et cuirassé de Constance II auguste à droite (B*).
Obverse translation : “Flavius Iulius Constantius Augustus”, (Flavius Julius Constance auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VIRTVS - AVGG NN/ -|-/ / [...].
Reverse description : Virtus (la Virilité) casquée, vêtue militairement debout de face, la tête à droite, tenant une haste de la mian droite et s’appuyant de la main gauche sur un bouclier .
Reverse translation : “Virtus Augustorum Nostrorum”, (À la Virilité de nos augustes).
Commentary
Poids léger. Rubans de type 3 aux extrémités bouletées. Cuirasse et ptéryges cloutés. Ce type semble plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux.
Lightweight. Type 3 ribbons with rounded ends. Studded cuirass and pteryges. This type appears to be rarer than general works suggest.
Lightweight. Type 3 ribbons with rounded ends. Studded cuirass and pteryges. This type appears to be rarer than general works suggest.
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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