brm_1002402 - CONSTANS Centenionalis ou nummus
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Price : 50.00 €
Type : Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: 336-337
Mint name / Town : Aquilée
Metal : copper
Diameter : 16,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 1,45 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Flan centré, éclaté à deux heures. Cassure de coin au centre du revers. De très jolis détails. Patine marron
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : FL IVL CONSTANS NOB C.
Obverse description : Buste lauré de Constans César à gauche, avec cuirasse et paludamentum, vu de trois quarts en avant (A*1).
Obverse translation : “Flavius Julius Constans Nobilissimus Caesar”, (Flavius Jules Constans très Noble César).
Reverse
Reverse legend : GLOR-IA EXERC-ITVS/ -|-// .AQP.
Reverse description : Deux soldats debout face à face, vêtus militairement, tenant chacun une haste renversée et s’appuyant sur un bouclier ; au milieu, une enseigne militaire.
Reverse translation : “Gloria Exercitus”, (La Gloire de l’Armée).
Commentary
Ce type semble plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages générau.
This type seems rarer than general works suggest.
This type seems rarer than general works suggest.
Historical background
CONSTANS
(25/12/333-18/01/350)
Caesar
Constans was born in 320 and received the title of Caesar on December 25, 333. Made Augustus after September 9, 337 with his two other brothers, Constantine II and Constantius II, he soon became angry with his older brother who died in April 340 After the death of his brother, Constans recovers the inheritance of Constantine II and takes charge of the West.
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