Live auction - brm_1143013 - CONSTANTINE II Centenionalis ou nummus
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Type : Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: 321-322
Mint name / Town : Lyon
Metal : copper
Diameter : 18,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,19 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale parfaitement centré avec les grènetis complets. Portrait de Constantin II magnifique tout à fait exceptionnel. Revers bien venu à la frappe. Belle patine marron foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : CONSTANTINVS IVN N C.
Obverse description : Buste lauré et cuirassé de Constantin II à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant, levant la main droite (J*).
Obverse translation : “Constantinus Iunior Nobilissimus Cæsar”, (Constantin le jeune très noble césar).
Reverse
Reverse legend : BEATA TRAN-QVILLITAS/ VO/ TIS/ XX/ C|R// PLG.
Reverse description : Autel inscrit surmonté d'un globe et de trois étoiles.
Reverse translation : “Beata Tranquillitas/ Votis vicennalibus”, (L’heureuse Tranquillité/ Vœux pour le vingtième année de règne).
Commentary
Rubans de type 3 aux extrémités bouletées. La main droite est présentée relevée dans l’attitude de l’Adlocutio (harrangue) ou de l’Adventus (salutation à l‘arrivée). P. Bastien a recensé seulement deux exemplaires pour ce type de buste (J*) pour la période. Même coin de droit que les exemplaires des musées de Berlin et de Vienne (B. 136 a et b, pl. VIII). Au revers, les lettres dans le champ C|R pourraient être les initiales de “Claritas Reipublicæ” pour l’éclat de la République. Le globe semble orné d’une croisette cantonnée de quatre globules comme au droit. C’est le troisième exemplaire publié. Manque à la collection du Cabinet des médailles de la BnF. Prendra le numéro 136c dans le Supplément III du Bastien.
Type 3 ribbons with pellet-shaped ends. The right hand is raised in the attitude of Adlocutio (harrangue) or Adventus (greeting upon arrival). P. Bastien recorded only two examples of this type of bust (J*) for the period. Same obverse die as the examples in the Berlin and Vienna museums (B. 136 a and b, pl. VIII). On the reverse, the letters in the field C|R could be the initials of “Claritas Reipublicæ” for the splendor of the Republic. The globe appears to be decorated with a small cross flanked by four globules, as on the obverse. This is the third published example. Not in the collection of the Cabinet des Médailles at the BnF. Will be numbered 136c in Supplement III of Bastien's work.
Type 3 ribbons with pellet-shaped ends. The right hand is raised in the attitude of Adlocutio (harrangue) or Adventus (greeting upon arrival). P. Bastien recorded only two examples of this type of bust (J*) for the period. Same obverse die as the examples in the Berlin and Vienna museums (B. 136 a and b, pl. VIII). On the reverse, the letters in the field C|R could be the initials of “Claritas Reipublicæ” for the splendor of the Republic. The globe appears to be decorated with a small cross flanked by four globules, as on the obverse. This is the third published example. Not in the collection of the Cabinet des Médailles at the BnF. Will be numbered 136c in Supplement III of Bastien's work.







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