v43_1005 - CONSTANTIUS II Demi-maiorina, (PB, Æ 3)
MONNAIES 43 (2010)
Starting price : 110.00 €
Estimate : 180.00 €
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Starting price : 110.00 €
Estimate : 180.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Demi-maiorina, (PB, Æ 3)
Date: mi 348 - mi 349
Date: 348-349
Mint name / Town : Viennoise, Arles
Metal : copper
Diameter : 18,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,31 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 2e
Emission: 77e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan épais, parfaitement centré des deux côtés. Beau portrait, légèrement stylisé. Revers inhabituel pour Arles. Jolie patine vert olive foncé
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 -|-// SARL(PALME À GAUCHE).
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 lourd. Rubans de type 3 aux extrémités bouletées et perlées. Fibule ronde. Ptéryges cloutées et décorées.
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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