E-auction 428-339574 - brm_667493 - CONSTANTIUS II Demi-maiorina
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| Estimate : | 60 € |
| Price : | 28 € |
| Maximum bid : | 28 € |
| End of the sale : | 28 June 2021 14:49:30 |
| bidders : | 7 bidders |
Type : Demi-maiorina
Date: 348-350
Mint name / Town : Thessalonica
Metal : copper
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 2,14 g.
Officine: 4e
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie bien centrée, avec un très joli buste de l’empereur au droit et un joli revers détaillée. Belle patine verte
Obverse
Obverse legend : D N CONSTAN-TIVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Buste diadémé, drapé et cuirassé de Constance II à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (A'a) ; diadème perlé.
Obverse translation : “Dominus Noster Constantius Pius Felix Augustus”, (Notre seigneur Constance pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : FEL TEMP - REPARATIO// TES.
Reverse description : L'empereur debout de face, tourné à gauche, sur une galère voguant à gauche, conduit par Victoria agenouillée à gauche, tenant une rame ; l'empereur debout de face, vêtu militairement, tenant un globe surmonté d'un phénix de la main droite et un labarum chrismé de la main gauche.
Reverse legend : D
Reverse translation : “Felicitas Temporum Reparatio”, (Le Retour des temps heureux).
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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