E-auction 91-46751 - brm_278485 - CONSTANTIUS II Maiorina, (MB, Æ 2)
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| Estimate : | 75 € |
| Price : | 24 € |
| Maximum bid : | 26 € |
| End of the sale : | 12 January 2015 15:58:00 |
| bidders : | 3 bidders |
Type : Maiorina, (MB, Æ 2)
Date: 348-349
Mint name / Town : Lyon
Metal : copper
Diameter : 21,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,33 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large et ovale ovale, bien centré mais un peu court sur les légendes. Beau portrait stylisé, légèrement brouillé. Revers légèrement stylisé, mais de hau relief, bien venu à la frappe. Jolie patine vert olive clair
Obverse
Obverse legend : D N C[ONSTAN-TIVS] P F AVG.
Obverse description : Buste diadémé, drapé et cuirassé de Constance II auguste 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/ -|-// PLG.
Reverse description : Constance II lauré en habit militaire, debout à gauche sur un vaisseau qui vogue à gauche, tenant un globe surmonté d’un phénix radié de la main droite et le labarum chrismé de la gauche ; à droite, Victoria (la Victoire) assise se tournant à gauche, tenant le gouvernail.
Reverse translation : “Felicitas Temporum Reparatio”, (Le retour des temps heureux).
Commentary
Imitation. Poids très léger. Portrait stylisé.
Imitation. Very light weight. Stylized portrait.
Imitation. Very light weight. Stylized portrait.
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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