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brm_233129 - CONSTANTIUS II Centenionalis ou nummus

CONSTANTIUS II Centenionalis ou nummus AU
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Item sold on our e-shop (2019)
Price : 55.00 €
Type : Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: 337-340
Mint name / Town : Alexandria
Metal : copper
Diameter : 16 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 1,70 g.
Officine: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan large et irrégulier. Très beau portrait. Joli revers de style fin. Belle patine marron glacé avec des reflets métallliques
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Obverse


Obverse legend : CONSTAN-TIVS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste diadémé, drapé et cuirassé de Constance II auguste à droite (A’a) ; diadème perlé.
Obverse translation : “Constantius Augustus”, (Constance auguste).

Reverse


Reverse legend : GLOR-IA EXERC-ITVS// SMALB.
Reverse description : Deux soldats debout face à face, casqués et vêtus militairement, tenant chacun une haste et s'appuyant sur un bouclier ; au milieu, un étendard.
Reverse translation : “Gloria Exercitus”, (La gloire de l'armée).

Commentary


Avec l’intégralité de son argenture superficielle. Type de portrait inhabituel. Rubans de type 3 aux extrémités bouletées. Ptéryges cloutés. Belle fibule d’attache sur l’épaule.

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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