v21_3703 - CONSTANS Centenionalis ou nummus
MONNAIES 21 (2004)
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Estimate : 75.00 €
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Starting price : 50.00 €
Estimate : 75.00 €
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Type : Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: 345-347
Mint name / Town : Coelé Syrie, Antioche (Antiochia)
Metal : copper
Diameter : 15 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 1,42 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 3e
Emission: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Flan irrégulier. Patine vert olive foncé au revers. Beau portrait
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : D N CONSTAN-S P F AVG.
Obverse description : Buste diadémé, drapé et cuirassé à droite vu de trois quarts en avant (A'a) ; diadème perlé.
Obverse translation : “Dominus Noster Constans Pius Felix Augustus”, (Notre seigneur Constans pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VICT - AVG// SMAN.
Reverse description : Victoria (la Victoire) courant à gauche, tenant une couronne dans chaque main ; dans le champ à droite, un chrisme.
Reverse legend : G
Reverse translation : “Victoria Augusti”, (La Victoire de l’auguste).
Commentary
Poids léger.
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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