brm_524811 - CONSTANTIUS II Maiorina, imitation
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Type : Maiorina, imitation
Date: 351
Mint name / Town : Arles
Metal : copper
Diameter : 21,5 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 4,42 g.
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Bel exemplaire sur un flan bien centré des deux côtés. Joli revers de style fin ainsi qu’un beau buste de Constance II. Patine marron, légèrement tachée
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : D N CONSTAN-TIVS P F AVG/ A|-.
Obverse description : Buste diadémé, drapé et cuirassé à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (A'd) ; diadème formé d’un rang de perles et de cabochons gemmés.
Obverse translation : “Dominus Noster Constantius Pius Felix Augustus”, (Notre seigneur Constance pieux heureux auguste.
Reverse
Reverse legend : FEL TEMP R-EPARATIO/ A|-// PARL.
Reverse description : Soldat casqué, vêtu militairement, tenant un bouclier sur le bras gauche et une haste de la main droite terrassant un cavalier tombé au sol couché sur son cheval qui est tourné à gauche..
Reverse translation : “Felicitas Temporum Reparatio”, (Le retour des temps heureux).
Commentary
Imitation de très bon style, voir le commentaire de F. Ferrando, p. 51.
Imitation of very good style, see the commentary by F. Ferrando, p. 51
Imitation of very good style, see the commentary by F. Ferrando, p. 51
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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