E-auction 523-439099 - brm_607295 - CONSTANTIUS II Centenionalis ou nummus
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| Estimate : | 45 € |
| Price : | 14 € |
| Maximum bid : | 14 € |
| End of the sale : | 24 April 2023 14:14:00 |
| bidders : | 5 bidders |
Type : Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: 337-340
Mint name / Town : Siscia
Metal : copper
Diameter : 16 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 1,67 g.
Officine: 3e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan bien centré à l’usure superficielle. Belle patine vert foncé
Obverse
Obverse legend : CONSTANTI-VS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Buste diadémé, drapé et cuirassé de Constance II auguste à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (A'b) ; diadème lauré et gemmé.
Obverse translation : “Constantius Pius Felix Augustus”, (Constance pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : GLOR-IA EXERC-ITVS/ -|-// (GAMMA)SIS(CROISSANT POINTÉ).
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 labarum chrismé.
Reverse translation : “Gloria Exercitus”, (La gloire de l'armée).
Commentary
Rubans de type 3 aux extrémités bouletées. Cabochon gemmé rond. Fibule ronde d’attache perlée. Ptéryges invisibles sous le paludamentum.
Type 3 ribbons with rounded ends. Round gemstone cabochon. Round beaded fibula. Pteryges invisible under the paludamentum
Type 3 ribbons with rounded ends. Round gemstone cabochon. Round beaded fibula. Pteryges invisible under the paludamentum
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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