brm_847661 - CONSTANS Centenionalis ou nummus
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Type : Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: 334-335
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : copper
Diameter : 17,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,69 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 11e
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Joli buste de Constans. Patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : FL CONSTANS NOB CAES.
Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé de Constans à gauche, vu de trois quarts en avant (A*1).
Obverse translation : "Flavius Constans Nobilissimus Cæsar", (Flavien Constans très noble césar).
Reverse
Reverse legend : GLOR-IA EXERC-ITVS// .CONSIA..
Reverse description : Deux soldats debout face à face, casqués et vêtus militairement, tenant chacun une haste et s'appuyant sur un bouclier ; au milieu, deux enseignes militaires.
Reverse translation : “Gloria Exercitus”, (La gloire de l'armée).
Historical background
CONSTANS
(25/12/333-18/01/350)
Caesar
Constans was born in 320 and received the title of Caesar on December 25, 333. Made Augustus after September 9, 337 with his two other brothers, Constantine II and Constantius II, he soon became angry with his older brother who died in April 340 After the death of his brother, Constans recovers the inheritance of Constantine II and takes charge of the West.
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