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brm_311994 - CONSTANS Maiorina, (MB, Æ 2)

CONSTANS Maiorina, (MB, Æ 2) AU
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Item sold on our e-shop (2017)
Price : 150.00 €
Type : Maiorina, (MB, Æ 2)
Date: 350
Mint name / Town : Thessalonica
Metal : copper
Diameter : 24 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 4,85 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un un flan bien centré des deux côtés avec les grènetis visibles. Beau portrait de Constans. Revers inhabituel. Patine noire lissée
Catalogue references :
LRBC.1647  - RIC.116

Obverse

Obverse legend : D N CONSTA-NS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Buste diadémé, drapé et cuirassé de Constans à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant, la main droite tenant un globe (A'5a) ; diadème perlé.
Obverse translation : "Dominus Noster Constans Pius Felix Augustus", (Notre seigneur Constans pieux heureux auguste).

Reverse

Reverse legend : FEL TEMP RE-PARATIO/ -|-// TSA*.
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

Poids léger. Type de buste rare et inhabituel. Rubans de type 3 aux extrémités bouletée.

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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