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E-auction 515-428360 - brm_606965 - CONSTANTIUS II Nummus (PB, Æ 4)

CONSTANTIUS II Nummus (PB, Æ 4) XF/VF
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Estimate : 40 €
Price : 7 €
Maximum bid : 9 €
End of the sale : 27 February 2023 14:40:00
bidders : 5 bidders
Type : Nummus (PB, Æ 4)
Date: 337-340
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 14 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 1,96 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan épais à l’usure régulière, court sur les légendes. Belle patine vert foncé et sable
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : D N FL C[ONSTAN-TI]VS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste diadémé, drapé et cuirassé de Constance II à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (A'd) ; diadème lauré et gemmé.
Obverse translation : "Dominus Noster Flavius Constantius Augustus", (Notre seigneur FlavienConstance auguste).

Reverse


Reverse legend : SECV[RITAS REI P]/ -|-// R*S.
Reverse description : Securitas (la Sécurité) drapé debout à gauche, les jambes croisées, la tête tournée à droite, tenant un long sceptre de la main droite et appuyé du coude gauche sur une colonne.

Commentary


Poids lourd. Rubans de type 3. Ptéryges fines sous le paludamentum. Ce type semble beaucoup plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux. C’est la première fois que nous le proposons à la vente.

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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