E-auction 295-215036 - brm_511352 - CONSTANTIUS II Centenionalis ou nummus

CONSTANTIUS II Centenionalis ou nummus XF

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Estimate :	60 €
Price :	13 €
Maximum bid :	15 €
End of the sale :	10 December 2018 14:40:00
bidders :	6 bidders

Type : Centenionalis ou nummus

Date: 327-328

Mint name / Town : Constantinople

Metal : copper

Diameter : 19,5 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 2,99 g.

Rarity : R1

Officine: 2e

Coments on the condition:

Flan bien centré des deux côtés. Belle porte de camp au revers. Présence de concrétions. Patine vert foncé

Catalogue references :

C.168 - RIC.28 - LRBC.998

Obverse

Obverse legend : FL IVL CONSTANTIVS NOB C.

Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé de Constance II césar à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (A*).

Obverse translation : "Flavius Julius Constantius Nobilissimus Cæsar", (Flavien Jules Constance très noble César).

Reverse

Reverse legend : PROVIDEN-TIAE CAESS// S|-// CONS.

Reverse description : Porte de camp surmontée de deux tourelles et d'une étoile.

Reverse translation : "Providentiæ Cæsarum", (À la Providence des césars).

Commentary

Poids léger. Pour Constance II César, seule la sixième officine est recensée et a souvent été mal décrite. Rubans de type 3 aux extrémités bouletées. Ptéryges invisibles sous le paludamentum. Sept rangs verticaux de pierres, l’étage supérieur étant orné de meurtrières.
Lightweight. For Constantius II Caesar, only the sixth dispensary is recorded and has often been poorly described. Type 3 ribbons with rounded ends. Pteryges invisible under the paludamentum. Seven vertical rows of stones, the upper level being decorated with loopholes.