E-auction 531-450432 - brm_607195 - CONSTANTIUS II Maiorina, (MB, Æ 2)
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| Estimate : | 35 € |
| Price : | 19 € |
| Maximum bid : | 25 € |
| End of the sale : | 19 June 2023 14:23:00 |
| bidders : | 5 bidders |
Type : Maiorina, (MB, Æ 2)
Date: 348-350
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : copper
Diameter : 22 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,01 g.
Officine: 5e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale bien centré à l’usure importante, lisible et identifiable. Patine vert foncé et sable
Obverse
Obverse legend : D N CONSTAN-TIVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Buste diadémé, drapé et cuirassé de Constance à gauche, vu de trois quarts en avant, tenant un globe de la main droite (A’6a) ; diadème perlé.
Obverse translation : “Dominus Noster Constantius Pius Felix Augustus”, (Notre seigneur Constance pieux et heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : [FEL] TEMP- REPARATIO/ (GAMMA)|-// CONSE*.
Reverse description : L’empereur, tête nue, vêtu militairement debout de face tourné à gauche, tenant un labarum chrismé de la main droite et un bouclier de la main gauche ; à ses pieds, deux captifs agenouillés face à face, tournés à gauche.
Reverse translation : “Felicitas Temporum Reparatio”, (Le retour des temps heureux).
Commentary
Poids léger. Rubans de type 3 aux extrémités bouletées. Ptéryges fines et tombantes visibles des deux côtés. Globe lisse. Sur cet exemplaire, au revers, le chrisme ne semble pas contenu dans un labarum.
Lightweight. Type 3 ribbons with rounded ends. Thin, drooping pteryges visible on both sides. Smooth globe. On this example, on the reverse, the chrism does not appear to be contained within a labarum.
Lightweight. Type 3 ribbons with rounded ends. Thin, drooping pteryges visible on both sides. Smooth globe. On this example, on the reverse, the chrism does not appear to be contained within a labarum.
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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