v38_1293 - CONSTANTIUS II Argenteus
MONNAIES 38 (2009)
Starting price : 380.00 €
Estimate : 650.00 €
Realised price : 380.00 €
Starting price : 380.00 €
Estimate : 650.00 €
Realised price : 380.00 €
Type : Argenteus
Date: 348-349
Mint name / Town : Syrie, Antioche
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 900 ‰
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,87 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large, bien centré des deux côtés, légèrement éclaté à 7 heures. Portrait de toute beauté. Joli revers. Patine de médaillier avec des reflets mordorés et bleuté acier
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant de la collection M. R. de Dijon et du stock de Serge Boutin, 1950 (450F)
Obverse
Obverse legend : D N CONSTAN-TIVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Tête diadémé de Constance II à droite, (O'a) ; diadème perlé.
Obverse translation : “Dominus Noster Constantius Pius Felix Augustus”, (Notre seigneur Constance pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VOTIS /XXV /MVLTIS /XXX// ANT.
Reverse description : Légende en quatre lignes dans une couronne.
Reverse translation : “Votis quinvicennalibus Multis tricennalibus”, (Vœux pour les vingt-cinq années de règne et plus pour les trente années à venir).
Commentary
Poids léger. Rubans trifide aux extrémités bouletées. Cabochon rond perlé. Vœux inhabituels. Le médaillon de la couronne est orné d’une croisette globulée, cantonnée de quatre globules.
Lightweight. Trifid ribbons with ball ends. Round beaded cabochon. Unusual wishes. The crown medallion is adorned with a globular cross, flanked by four globules.
Lightweight. Trifid ribbons with ball ends. Round beaded cabochon. Unusual wishes. The crown medallion is adorned with a globular cross, flanked by four globules.
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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