brm_893361 - CONSTANTIUS II Argenteus
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Type : Argenteus
Date: 355-357
Mint name / Town : Sirmium
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 900 ‰
Diameter : 21,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,44 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie sur un flan épais, centré des deux côtés. Superbe buste, finement détaillé. Monnaie fissurée à 1h. Patine foncée
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Obverse
Obverse legend : D N CONSTAN-TIVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Buste diadèmé, drapé et cuirassé de Constance II auguste à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (A’a) ; diadème perlé.
Obverse translation : “Dominus Noster Constantius Pius Felix Augustus”, (Notre seigneur Constance pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VOTIS/ XXX/ MVLTIS/ XXXX// .SIRM..
Reverse description : Légende en quatre lignes dans une couronne fermée.
Reverse translation : "Votis tricennalibus Multis quadridecennalibus", (Vœux pour les trente années de règnes et plus pour les quarante années à venir).
Commentary
Ce type est frappé avant la réforme de 358 qui abaissa le poids de la pièce d’argent nommée silique à partir de ce moment.
This type was minted before the reform of 358 which lowered the weight of the silver coin called silique from that moment on.
This type was minted before the reform of 358 which lowered the weight of the silver coin called silique from that moment on.
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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