brm_694065 - CONSTANTIUS II Centenionalis ou nummus
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Type : Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: 330-331
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 17 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,37 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 3e
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Usure importante mais exemplaire bien identifiable. Joli buste. Patine marron foncé
Obverse
Obverse legend : FL IVL CONSTANTIVS NOB C.
Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé de Constance II à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (A*).
Obverse translation : “Flavius Iulius Constantius Nobilissimus Caesar”, (Flavius Julius Constance noble césar).
Reverse
Reverse legend : GLOR-IA EXERC-ITVS/ -|-// RFT.
Reverse description : Deux soldats debout, casqués, tenant chacun une haste et appuyés sur un bouclier ; entre eux, 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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