v34_1016 - CONSTANTINE II Centenionalis ou nummus
MONNAIES 34 (2008)
Starting price : 75.00 €
Estimate : 120.00 €
Realised price : 75.00 €
Starting price : 75.00 €
Estimate : 120.00 €
Realised price : 75.00 €
Type : Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: 337
Mint name / Town : Syrie, Antioche
Metal : copper
Diameter : 18,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 1,14 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 5e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire de qualité exceptionnelle pour ce type monétaire tardif sur un flan large ovale et irrégulier. Revers très détaillé d’un style extraordinaire. Magnifique patine marron foncé lissée
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : CONSTAN-TINVS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste diadémé, drapé et cuirassé de Constantin Ier à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (A’c) ; diadème gemmé et perlé.
Obverse translation : "Constantinus Augustus", (Constantin auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : GLOR-IA EXERC-ITVS// SMANE.
Reverse description : Deux soldats debout face à face, vêtus militairement, tenant chacun une haste renversée et un bouclier au milieu, un étendard.
Reverse translation : “Gloria Exercitus”, (La gloire de l’armée).
Commentary
Poids léger. Au revers l’étendard est orné d’un annelet. Il s’agit bien d’un centenionalis pour Constantin II Auguste. Ce type de monnayage est en fait beaucoup plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux.
Lightweight. On the reverse, the standard is decorated with an annulet. This is indeed a centenionalis for Constantine II Augustus. This type of coinage is actually much rarer than general works suggest.
Lightweight. On the reverse, the standard is decorated with an annulet. This is indeed a centenionalis for Constantine II Augustus. This type of coinage is actually much rarer than general works suggest.
Historical background
CONSTANTINE II
(1/03/317-04/340)
Augustus
Born in 315 or 316, Constantine the Younger receives on coins the title of Caesar like his half-brother Crispus and his cousin Licinius, as well as the title of prince of youth. Constantine II is the eldest son of Constantine I and Fausta. In September 337, he received the "pars occidentalis" from the Empire with subjection to his brother Constans, Constantius II having the "pars orientalis". Very quickly, Constantin and Constans fall out. The eldest is eliminated in April 340.
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