MONNAIES 55 (2012)
Starting price : 120.00 €
Estimate : 200.00 €
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Starting price : 120.00 €
Estimate : 200.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: 333
Mint name / Town : Viennoise, Arles
Metal : copper
Diameter : 17,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,42 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 1re
Emission: 46e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large pour ce type. Portrait magnifique. Revers de haut relief et de style fin. Magnifique patine marron foncé lissée
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de MONNAIES 36, n° 1031
Obverse
Obverse legend : CONSTANTI-NVS IVN NOB C.
Obverse description : Buste lauré et cuirassé de Constantin II César à droite avec pan de paludamentum, vu de trois quarts en avant (B*01).
Obverse translation : "Constantinus Iunior Nobilissimus Cæsar", (Constantin le jeune très noble césar).
Reverse
Reverse legend : GLOR-IA EXERC-ITVS/ (COURONNE)/. // PCONST.
Reverse description : Deux soldats debout face à face, vêtus militairement, tenant chacun une haste renversée ; au milieu deux enseignes militaires.
Reverse translation : “Gloria Exercitus”, (La gloire de l'armée).
Commentary
Rubans de type 3 aux extrémités bouletées. Cuirasse et épaulière cloutées. Ptéryges à peine visibles. Sur cet exemplaire, le portrait de Constantin II ressemble à celui de son père, Constantin Ier. Point de centrage sous la couronne au revers.
Type 3 ribbons with rounded ends. Studded breastplate and shoulder guard. Barely visible pteryges. On this example, the portrait of Constantine II resembles that of his father, Constantine I. Centering point under the crown on the reverse
Type 3 ribbons with rounded ends. Studded breastplate and shoulder guard. Barely visible pteryges. On this example, the portrait of Constantine II resembles that of his father, Constantine I. Centering point under the crown on the reverse
Historical background
CONSTANTINE II
(1/03/317-04/340)
Caesar
Born in February 317 according to the most recent chronology, 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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