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v08_0659 - CONSTANTIUS II Demi-maiorina

CONSTANTIUS II Demi-maiorina MS
MONNAIES 8 (2000)
Starting price : 228.67 €
Estimate : 381.12 €
Realised price : 228.67 €
Type : Demi-maiorina
Date: 351
Mint name / Town : Pannonie inférieure, Sirmium
Metal : copper
Diameter : 16 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 1,95 g.
Rarity : UNIQUE
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire de qualité exceptionnelle et d'un intérêt historique de premier ordre. Magnifique patine vert olive foncé. Flan un peu court et légèrement décentré / Très joli revers
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Obverse


Obverse legend : [D N CONS]TAN-TIVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Buste diadémé, drapé et cuirassé de Constance II à droite vu de trois quarts en avant (A'a).
Obverse translation : (Notre seigneur Constance pieux et heureux auguste).

Reverse


Reverse legend : VICTORIA - CAESARIS// SIRM.
Reverse description : Victoria (la Victoire) marchant à gauche, les ailes déployées, tenant une couronne de la main droite.
Reverse translation : (La Victoire du césar).

Commentary


Poids léger. Semble complètement inédit et non répertorié. Manque aux principaux ouvrages de référence.

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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