v38_1292 - CONSTANTIUS II Argenteus
MONNAIES 38 (2009)
Starting price : 280.00 €
Estimate : 450.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 280.00 €
Estimate : 450.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Argenteus
Date: 353
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 900 ‰
Diameter : 21,00 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,78 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 8e
Coments on the condition:
Flan large et complet. Un coup sur la joue. Joli revers sur un flan légèrement ovale
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant de la collection M. R. de Dijon et du stock de Jean Vinchon, 1952 (1200F)
Obverse
Obverse legend : D N CONSTAN-TIVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Buste diadémé, drapé et cuirassé de Constance II à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (A'a) ; diadème perlé.
Obverse translation : “Dominus Noster Constantius Pius Felix Augustus”, (Notre seigneur Constance pieux et heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VOTIS/XXX/ MVLTIS/ XXXX// C(PALME)H.
Reverse description : Légende en quatre lignes dans une couronne.
Reverse translation : "Votis tricennalibus Multis quadridecennalibus”, (Vœux pour les trente années de règne et plus pour les quarante années à venir).
Commentary
Poids léger. Rubans de type 3 aux extrémités bouletées. Cabochon carré bouleté. Ptéryges fines.
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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