brm_306299 - VETRANIO for CONSTANTIUS II Demi-maiorina
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Item sold on our e-shop (2017)
Price : 150.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2017)
Price : 150.00 €
Type : Demi-maiorina
Date: 350
Mint name / Town : Siscia
Metal : copper
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,64 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 5e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan ovale échancré à 12 heures. Beau portrait de Constance II. Revers inhabituel. Belle patine marron foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : D N CONSTAN-TIVS P F AVG/ A|.
Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé de Constance II à droite vu de trois quarts en avant (A*).
Obverse translation : (Notre seigneur Constance pieux et heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VIRTVS AV-G-VSTORVM// ESIS.
Reverse description : L'empereur debout à droite, vêtu militairement, tenant de la main droite une haste transversale et de la gauche, un globe ; à ses pieds, un captif assis à droite, tournant la tête à gauche.
Reverse translation : (La Virilité des augustes).
Commentary
Poids lourd. Rubans de type 3 aux extrémités bouletées. Ptéryges cloutées sous le paludamentum. Émission de Vétranion pour Constance II . Ce type semble plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux. C’est la première fois que nous le proposons à la vente.
Heavyweight. Type 3 ribbons with rounded ends. Studded pteryges under the paludamentum. Issued by Vetranion for Constantius II. This type appears rarer than general works suggest. This is the first time we have offered it for sale.
Heavyweight. Type 3 ribbons with rounded ends. Studded pteryges under the paludamentum. Issued by Vetranion for Constantius II. This type appears rarer than general works suggest. This is the first time we have offered it for sale.
Historical background
VETRANIO for CONSTANTIUS II
(350)
Coinage in the name of Constantius II
The year 350 is a pivotal date in the history of the Empire. Magnentius was proclaimed august at Autun on January 18, 350. Constans fled to Spain. He is caught by Gaiso in Elne, at the foot of the Pyrenees, at the end of January and is assassinated. Events will then rush. Vétranion was proclaimed august on March 1, 350 at the instigation of Constantina, daughter of Constantine I and Fausta, widow of Hanniballien, future wife of Constance Galle. Magnentius seizes Italy for a short time because Nepotian, the son of Anastasia, half-sister of Constantine I, is proclaimed in Rome on June 3. His reign lasted only 27 days. He is eliminated as well as his mother by Marcellinus, faithful of Magnentius. Meanwhile Constantius II, last surviving son of Constantine I, is trying to temporize. He sends emissaries to Magnentius and to Vétranion. Negotiations with Magnentius failed, but Vétranion, who recognized Constantius II, abdicated on December 25, 350 and retired to Bithynia. He will die there in 356.
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