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E-auction 528-446102 - brm_535288 - CONSTANTIUS II Centenionalis ou nummus

CONSTANTIUS II Centenionalis ou nummus AU
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Estimate : 70 €
Price : 32 €
Maximum bid : 33 €
End of the sale : 29 May 2023 14:08:40
bidders : 7 bidders
Type : Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: 337
Mint name / Town : Arles
Metal : copper
Diameter : 15,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 1,55 g.
Rarity : R3
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan irrégulier, un peu court sur les légendes. Beau buste de Constance II. Revers de style fin. Jolie patine marron
Catalogue references :
C.-  - RIC.5  - LRBC.-  - EMA.54 /5.1 - AMA.1090  - F.917 (R1) (3 ex.)
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la collection L. P

Obverse

Obverse legend : IMP CONST-ANTIVS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste diadémé, drapé et cuirassé de Constance II auguste à droite (A’b) ; diadème lauré et perlé.
Obverse translation : “Imperator Constantius Augustus”, (L’empereur Constance auguste).

Reverse

Reverse legend : GLOR-IA EXERC-ITVS/ O// PCONST.
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

Rubans de type 3 aux extrémités bouletées. Diadème composite formé de laurier et de cabochons gemmés. .

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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