brm_616597 - CONSTANTIUS II Centenionalis ou nummus
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Type : Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: 341
Mint name / Town : Lyon
Metal : copper
Diameter : 17 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 1,58 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Faiblesses de frappe. Joli revers. Patine marron
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : CONSTANTI-VS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé à droite vu de trois quarts en avant (A*).
Obverse translation : “Constantius Pius Felix Augustus”, (Constance pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : GLORI-A EXER-CITVS/ I//SLC.
Reverse description : Deux soldats debout face à face, casqués et vêtus militairement, tenant chacun une haste et s'appuyant sur un bouclier ; au milieu, une enseigne militaire.
Reverse translation : “Gloria Exercitus”, (La gloire de l'armée).
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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