v08_0655 - CONSTANTIUS II Maiorina
MONNAIES 8 (2000)
Starting price : 99.09 €
Estimate : 144.83 €
Realised price : 99.09 €
Starting price : 99.09 €
Estimate : 144.83 €
Realised price : 99.09 €
Type : Maiorina
Date: 349
Mint name / Town : Europe, Héraclée
Metal : copper
Diameter : 22 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 4,40 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Portrait magnifique. Flan large et complet. Très jolie patine vert olive clair / Très joli revers
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : D N CONSTAN-TIVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Buste diadémé, drapé et cuirassé de Constance II à gauche vu de trois quarts en avant, tenant un globe de la main droite (A'6a).
Obverse translation : (Notre seigneur pieux et heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : FEL TEMP - REPARATIO// SMH.
Reverse description : L'empereur, tête nue, vêtu militairement debout de face tourné à gauche, tenant un labarum chrismé de la main droite et un bouclier de la main gauche ; à ses pieds, deux captifs agenouillés face à face, tourné à 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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