v08_0657 - CONSTANTIUS II Demi-maiorina
MONNAIES 8 (2000)
Starting price : 68.60 €
Estimate : 114.34 €
Realised price : 68.60 €
Starting price : 68.60 €
Estimate : 114.34 €
Realised price : 68.60 €
Type : Demi-maiorina
Date: 349
Mint name / Town : Pannonie supérieure ou Savie, Siscia
Metal : copper
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,52 g.
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Patine vert olive foncé. Beau portrait
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).
Obverse translation : (Notre seigneur Constance pieux et heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : FEL TEMP - REPARATIO// ASIS.
Reverse description : L'empereur debout de face tourné à gauche sur une galère voguant à gauche, conduit par Victoria agenouillée à gauche, tenant une rame. L'empereur debout de face, vêtu militairement, tenant un globe surmonté d'un phénix de la main droite et un labarum chrismé de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : (Le retour des temps heureux).
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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