v29_0502 - CONSTANS Maiorina, (MB, Æ 2)
MONNAIES 29 (2007)
Starting price : 150.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
Realised price : 334.00 €
Number of bids : 3
Maximum bid : 651.00 €
Starting price : 150.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
Realised price : 334.00 €
Number of bids : 3
Maximum bid : 651.00 €
Type : Maiorina, (MB, Æ 2)
Date: 350
Mint name / Town : Savie, Siscia
Metal : copper
Diameter : 22 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 5,45 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire de qualité exceptionnelle pour ce type sur un petit flan épais. Revers de haut relief de toute beauté. Portrait magnifique. Patine noire
Obverse
Obverse legend : D N CONSTA-NS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Buste diadémé, drapé et cuirassé de Constans à droite, (A’a) ; diadème perlé.
Obverse translation : "Dominus Noster Constans Pius Felix Augustus", (Notre seigneur Constans pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : FEL TEMP RE-PARATIO/ -|*// BSIS.
Reverse description : Soldat casqué, vêtu militairement, tenant un bouclier sur le bras gauche et une haste de la main droite terrassant un cavalier tombé au sol couché sur son cheval qui est tourné à droite.
Reverse translation : "Felicitas Temporum Reparatio", (Le retour des temps heureux).
Commentary
Ptéryges larges. Rubans de type 2 aux extrémités bouletées.
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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