v08_0640 - CONSTANS Centenionalis ou nummus
MONNAIES 8 (2000)
Starting price : 42.69 €
Estimate : 68.60 €
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Starting price : 42.69 €
Estimate : 68.60 €
unsold lot
Type : Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: 336-337
Mint name / Town : Bithynie, Nicomédie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 16 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 1,64 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Beau portrait. Jolie patine vert olive clair. Petit manque de patine à 6 heures au droit / Frappe un peu molle au revers
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 : (Flavien Constans noble césar).
Reverse
Reverse legend : GLOR-IA EXERC-ITVS// SMNA.
Reverse description : Deux soldats debout face à face, casqués et vêtus militairement, tenant chacun une haste et s'appuyant sur un bouclier ; au milieu, une enseigne militaire.
Reverse translation : (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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