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brm_404784 - CONSTANTIUS II Solidus

CONSTANTIUS II Solidus AU
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Item sold on our e-shop (2017)
Price : 5 500.00 €
Type : Solidus
Date: 337-340
Mint name / Town : Siscia
Metal : gold
Diameter : 21 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 4,41 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Superbe exemplaire sur un flan ovale bien centré. Joli portrait de style particulièrement fin et très beau revers. Petits coups dans les champs sinon magnifique monnaie !
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Obverse


Obverse legend : CONSTANTI-VS MAX AVG.
Obverse description : Buste diadémé, drapé et cuirassé de Constance II à droite vu de trois quarts en avant (A'a) ; diadème perlé.
Obverse translation : “Constantius Maximus Augustus”, (Constance premier auguste).

Reverse


Reverse legend : GLORIA - CONS-TANTI AVG// SIS.
Reverse description : L’empereur en habits militaires, debout à gauche, tenant un étendart inscrit “VOT XX” de la main droite et un sceptre de la main gauche ; derrière lui, à genoux, un captif.
Reverse translation : “Gloria Constanti Augusti”.

Commentary


Rubans de type 3 aux extrémités bouletées. Diadème perlé, terminé par un cabochon rond gemmé. Fibule d’attache avec pendants perlés. Ptéryges fines sous le paludamentum. Ce type semble de la plus grande rareté avec 2 exemplaires recensés. Aucun n’est passé en vente ces dix dernières années !.
Type 3 ribbons with rounded ends. Pearl tiara, finished with a round gemstone cabochon. Attachment fibula with pearl pendants. Thin pteryges under the paludamentum. This type appears to be extremely rare, with only two examples recorded. None have come up for sale in the last ten years!

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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