brm_1012572 - CONSTANTIUS II Centenionalis ou nummus
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Type : Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: 337
Mint name / Town : Lyon
Metal : copper
Diameter : 14,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 1,28 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Flan court, centré. Joli buste. Patine marron
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Obverse
Obverse legend : FL IVL CONSTANTIVS NOB C.
Obverse description : Buste lauré et cuirassé de Constance II césar à droite, avec pan de paludamentum, vu de trois quarts en avant (B*01).
Obverse translation : “Flavius Iulius Constantius Nobilissimus Cæsar”, (Flavien Jules Constance très noble césar).
Reverse
Reverse legend : GLORI-A EXER-CITVS/ -|-// (PALME)SLG.
Reverse description : Deux soldats, vêtus militairement, tenant chacun une haste renversée de la main droite et un bouclier de la main gauche, debout face à face ; au milieu une enseigne militaire.
Reverse translation : “Gloria Exercitus”, (La Gloire de l’armée).
Historical background
CONSTANTIUS II
(8/11/324-3/11/361)
Caesar
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. In 337, after the death of his father, it was he who murdered or allowed most of his collateral family, descendants of Constantius Chlorus and Theodora. Only Constance Galle and Julien escape the massacre.
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