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Type : Maiorina, (MB, Æ 2)
Date: 348-350
Mint name / Town : Siscia
Metal : copper
Diameter : 23,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 5,30 g.
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Joli revers. Usure régulière. Patine foncée
Obverse
Obverse legend : D N CONSTAN-TIVS P F AVG/ A|-.
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 heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : FEL TEMP - REPARATIO/ A|*// .ASIS..
Reverse description : L'empereur debout de face tourné à gauche sur une galère voguant à gauche, conduite par Victoria agenouillée à gauche, tenant une rame ; l'empereur est vêtu militairement, tenant un globe surmonté d'un globe nicéphore de la main droite et un labarum chrismé de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Felicitas Temporum Reparatio”, (Le retour des temps heureux).
Commentary
La victoriola que tient Constance II est de grande taille.
The victoriola held by Constance II is of large size
The victoriola held by Constance II is of large size
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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