brm_172948 - CONSTANTIUS II Maiorina, (MB, Æ 2)
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Price : 45.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2014)
Price : 45.00 €
Type : Maiorina, (MB, Æ 2)
Date: 350-355
Mint name / Town : Irregular mint
Metal : copper
Diameter : 23 mm
Orientation dies : 2 h.
Weight : 5,64 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 4e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan irrégulier, légèrement décentré sur les légendes et au revers en particulier. Très beau portrait stylisé. Revers de frappe stylisée. Très belle patine vert olive lissée
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : LÉGENDE DÉGÉNÉRÉE.
Obverse description : Buste diadémé, drapé et cuirassé de Constance II à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (A'a) ; diadème perlé.
Reverse
Reverse legend : LÉGENDE DÉGÉNÉRÉE.
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 droite.
Commentary
Imitation locale ou barbare du FEL TEMP REPARATIO. Poids lourd pour une imitation. Les légendes dégénérées sont illisibles. L’étoile qui est dans le champ supérieur droit du revers a été intégré au type et semble continuer la queue du cheval.
Local or barbaric imitation of the FEL TEMP REPARATIO. Heavyweight for an imitation. The degenerate legends are illegible. The star in the upper right field of the reverse has been incorporated into the type and appears to continue the horse's tail.
Local or barbaric imitation of the FEL TEMP REPARATIO. Heavyweight for an imitation. The degenerate legends are illegible. The star in the upper right field of the reverse has been incorporated into the type and appears to continue the horse's tail.
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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