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E-auction 210-137135 - brm_429290 - CONSTANTIUS II Solidus

CONSTANTIUS II Solidus VF
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Estimate : 600 €
Price : 481 €
Maximum bid : 610 €
End of the sale : 24 April 2017 14:34:30
bidders : 11 bidders
Type : Solidus
Date: 351-355
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : gold
Diameter : 20,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,34 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Cet exemplaire a été monté anciennement, on distingue les marques sur la tranche. De plus, le flan est légèrement voilé. Cependant, la monnaie reste correcte et parfaitement identifiable
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : FL IVL CONSTAN-TIVS PERP AVGV.
Obverse description : Buste diadémé, casqué et cuirassé de Constance II auguste de face, tenant de la main droite la haste qui repose sur l'épaule et de la gauche, un bouclier orné d'un cavalier chargeant à gauche et terrassant un fantassin (N'a).
Obverse translation : “Flavius Iulius Constantius Perpetuus Augustus”, (Flavien Jules Constance perpétuel auguste).

Reverse


Reverse legend : GLORIA - REI - PVBLICAE/ VOT/ XXX/ MVLT/ XXXX// -|- CONS.
Reverse description : Rome et Constantinople assises de face sur une banquette, tenant ensemble un bouclier.
Reverse translation : “Gloria Reipublicæ/ Votis tricennalibus/ Multis quadracennalibus”, (La gloire du bien public/ Vœux pour le trentième anniversaire de règne et plus pour les quarante à venir).

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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