brm_231424 - CONSTANTINE II Centenionalis ou nummus
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Type : Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: 322-323
Mint name / Town : Londres
Metal : copper
Diameter : 18,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,84 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale bien centré des deux côtés. Très beau portrait de Constantin II César. Joli revers. Patine vert olive foncé avec des reflets métalliques
Obverse
Obverse legend : CONSTANTI-NVS IVN N C.
Obverse description : Buste casqué et cuirassé de Constantin II César à gauche avec pan de paludamentum, vu de trois quarts en avant (C*01).
Obverse translation : “Constantinus Iunior Nobilissimus Cæsar”, (Constantin le jeune très noble césar).
Reverse
Reverse legend : BEAT TRA-NQLITAS/ VOT/./IS/ XX/ F|B// PLON.
Reverse description : Globe posé sur un autel surmonté de trois étoiles.
Reverse translation : “Beata Tranquillitas/ Vota vicennalibus”, (L'heureuse tranquillité/ Vœux pour le vingtième anniversaire de règne).
Commentary
Poids léger. Avec son argenture superficielle. Casque orné d’un fleuron. Visière lisse. Couvre nuque orné de deux globules posés verticalement. Cuirasse et épaulière cloutées. Ptéryges larges. Légende de revers raccourcie. Globe composite orné d’une bande centrale ornée de globules et d’un cercle inférieur, orné aussi de globules.
Lightweight. With its superficial silvering. Helmet decorated with a fleuron. Smooth visor. Neck cover decorated with two globules placed vertically. Studded breastplate and shoulder guard. Large pteryga. Shortened reverse legend. Composite globe decorated with a central band decorated with globules and a lower circle, also decorated with globules
Lightweight. With its superficial silvering. Helmet decorated with a fleuron. Smooth visor. Neck cover decorated with two globules placed vertically. Studded breastplate and shoulder guard. Large pteryga. Shortened reverse legend. Composite globe decorated with a central band decorated with globules and a lower circle, also decorated with globules
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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