E-auction 74-36230 - brm_237128 - CONSTANTIUS II Demi-maiorina, (PB, Æ 3)
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| Estimate : | 125 € |
| Price : | 31 € |
| Maximum bid : | 36 € |
| End of the sale : | 15 September 2014 15:26:30 |
| bidders : | 6 bidders |
Type : Demi-maiorina, (PB, Æ 3)
Date: 349
Mint name / Town : Nicomedia
Metal : copper
Diameter : 17,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,76 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 6e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan ovale très épais. Beau portrait. Joli revers à l’usure régulière. Patine noire
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : D N CONSTAN-TIVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Buste diadémé, drapé et cuirassé de Constance II à droite vu de trois quarts en avant (A'a) ; diadème perlé.
Obverse translation : "Dominus Noster Constantius Pius Felix Augustus", (Notre seigneur Constance pieux et heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : FEL TEMP REPARATIO/ -|-// SMNS.
Reverse description : Phénix debout sur un globe, tourné à droite, la tête avec un nimbe radié.
Reverse translation : "Felicitas Temporum Reparatio", (Le retour des temps heureux).
Commentary
Poids très lourd. Rubans de type 3 aux extrémités bouletées. Cabochon carré perlé. Fibule invisible. Ptéryges invisibles sous le paludamentum. le phénix est posé sur un globe orné d’une croisette cantonnée de quatre globules. C’est la première fois que nous proposons ce type à la vente pour l’atelier de Nicomédie qui semble beaucoup plus rare.
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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