brm_984719 - CONSTANTIUS II Centenionalis ou nummus
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Type : Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: 330-333
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : copper
Diameter : 18,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,65 g.
Officine: 6e
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie idéalement centrée. Superbe revers, finement détaillé. Patine marron
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : FL IVL CONSTANTIVS NOB C.
Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé de Constance II césar à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (A*).
Obverse translation : "Flavius Iulius Constantius Nobilissimus Cæsar”, (Flavien Jules Constance très noble césar).
Reverse
Reverse legend : GLOR-IA EXERC-ITVS/ -|-// CONSS.
Reverse description : Deux soldats debout face à face, casqués et vêtus militairement, tenant chacun une haste et s'appuyant sur un bouclier ; au milieu, deux enseignes militaires.
Reverse translation : “Gloria Exercitus”, (La gloire de l'armée).
Historical background
CONSTANTIUS II
(8/11/324-3/11/361)
Caesar
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. In 337, after the death of his father, it was he who murdered or allowed most of his collateral family, descendants of Constantius Chlorus and Theodora. Only Constance Galle and Julien escape the massacre.
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