E-auction 510-422022 - brm_723163 - CONSTANTIUS II Maiorina réduite, (PB, Æ 3)
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| Estimate : | 45 € |
| Price : | 6 € |
| Maximum bid : | 13 € |
| End of the sale : | 23 January 2023 14:35:00 |
| bidders : | 2 bidders |
Type : Maiorina réduite, (PB, Æ 3)
Date: 358
Mint name / Town : Aquilée
Metal : copper
Diameter : 15 mm
Orientation dies : 4 h.
Weight : 1,69 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie frappée sur un flan court, joli buste au droit. Patine marron
Obverse
Obverse legend : D N CONSTAN-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 : SPES REI-PVBLICE/ -|-// AQP.
Reverse description : L’empereur debout à gauche, casqué, vêtu militairement, tenant un globe de la main droite et une haste renversée de la gauche.
Reverse translation : “Spes Reipublice”, (L’Espérance de la chose publique).
Commentary
Poids très léger. Rubans de type 3. Ptéryges invisibles sous le paludamentum.
Very light weight. Type 3 ribbons. Invisible pteryga under the paludamentum
Very light weight. Type 3 ribbons. Invisible pteryga under the paludamentum
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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