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Live auction - brm_882052 - CONSTANTIUS II Argenteus
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| Estimate : | 500 € |
| Price : | 440 € |
| Maximum bid : | 450 € |
| End of the sale : | 05 March 2024 15:07:57 |
| bidders : | 8 bidders |
Type : Argenteus
Date: 347-348
Mint name / Town : Trêves
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 900 ‰
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,12 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Superbe monnaie sur un flan bien centré des deux côtés. Au droit, beau portrait finement détaillé de l’empereur. Revers bien venu. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : FL IVL CONSTAN-TIVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Buste diadémé, drapé et cuirassé de Constance II auguste à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant .
Obverse translation : “Flavius Iulius Constantius Pius Felix Augustus”, (Flavien Jules Constance pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : PAX AV-GVSTORVM // TRP.
Reverse description : L’empereur debout à gauche tenant un étendard orné d’un chrisme.
Reverse translation : “Pax Augustorum” (La Paix des Augustes).
Commentary
Poids léger.
Historical background
CONSTANTIUS II
(8/11/324-3/11/361)
Augustus
Constantius II was born on August 7, 318 in Sirmium. He was raised to the cesarat on November 8, 324 at the age of six. He will reign 37 years, one of the longest reigns of the 4th century. After having crushed the revolt of Magnentius, he was alone august with a Caesar, Constance Galle, whom he had executed in 354. On November 6, 355, he elevated his cousin Julian to the title of Caesar. He went to Rome in 357, then to Sirmium, which he made his capital. Faced with the Sassanid danger, he left this region in 359 and settled in Antioch. Julien is proclaimed august in February 360. Constantius dies on November 3, 361, leaving Julien at the head of the Empire.
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