E-auction 518-432623 - brm_600928 - CONSTANS Centenionalis ou nummus
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| Estimate : | 95 € |
| Price : | 71 € |
| Maximum bid : | 140 € |
| End of the sale : | 20 March 2023 14:29:00 |
| bidders : | 5 bidders |
Type : Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: 337-338
Mint name / Town : Lyon
Metal : copper
Diameter : 14 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 1,39 g.
Rarity : R3
Officine: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur u petit flan, bien centré, court sur les légendes. Très beau buste de Constans Auguste. Joli revers. Belle patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : CONSTA-NS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste diadémé, drapé et cuirassé de Constans auguste à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A'2c) ; diadème perlé et gemmé.
Obverse translation : “Dominus Noster Constans Pius Felix Augustus”, (Notre seigneur Constans pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : GLOR-IA EXERC-ITVS/ -|-// PLC.
Reverse description : Deux soldats debout face à face, casqués et vêtus militairement, tenant chacun une haste et s'appuyant sur un bouclier ; au milieu, un vexillum orné d'un chrisme.
Reverse translation : “Gloria Exercitus”, (La Gloire de l'Armée).
Commentary
Poids léger. Rubans de type 3. Ce type semble plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux. C’est la première fois que nous proposons ce type à la vente. Mêmes coins que l’exemplaire du Bristish Museum (B. 8a, pl. I).
Historical background
CONSTANS
(25/12/335-18/01/350)
Augustus
Constans was born in 320 and received the title of Caesar on December 25, 333. Made august after September 9, 337 with his two other brothers, Constantine II and Constantius II, he soon became angry with his elder brother, who died in April 340. After the death of his brother, Constans recovers the heritage of Constantine II and obtains the charge of the West. A maiorina is struck on the occasion of the 1100th anniversary of Rome in 348, an anniversary recalled by the reverse legend "the Return of Happy Times". Constans is assassinated at the beginning of the year 350.
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