brm_984696 - CONSTANTIUS II Centenionalis ou nummus
75.00 €(Approx. 88.50$ | 64.50£)
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Type : Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: 342-345
Mint name / Town : Arles
Metal : copper
Diameter : 14,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 1,66 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Flan court, centré. Superbe revers, finement détaillé. Patine marron
Obverse
Obverse legend : CONSTANTI-VS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Buste diadémé, drapé et cuirassé de Constans auguste à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (A'b).
Obverse translation : “Constantius Pius Felix Augustus”, (Constance pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VICTORIAE DD AVGG Q NN/ (MA) //PARL.
Reverse description : Deux Victoires debout face à face, tenant chacune une couronne.
Reverse translation : “Victoriæ Dominorum Augustorum Que Nostrorum”, (À la Victoire de nos seigneurs et augustes).
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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