MONNAIES 13 (2001)
Starting price : 114.34 €
Estimate : 228.67 €
Realised price : 114.34 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 122.72 €
Starting price : 114.34 €
Estimate : 228.67 €
Realised price : 114.34 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 122.72 €
Type : Silique
Date: 360-361
Mint name / Town : Lyonnaise, Lyon
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : + 900 ‰
Diameter : 17,5 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 1,89 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Flan légèrement bombé avec un argent légèrement corné. Métal cristallisé. Flan légèrement irrégulier. Type rare
Catalogue references :
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).
Obverse translation : "Dominus Noster Constantius Pius Felix Augustus (Notre seigneur Constance pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VICTORIA - DD NN AVG// LVG.
Reverse description : Victoria (la Victoire) drapée, marchant à gauche, tenant une couronne de la main droite et une palme de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Victoria Dominorum Nostrorum Augustorum”, (La Victoire de nos seigneurs augustes).
Commentary
Poids léger.
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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