v32_0689 - CONSTANS Maiorina, (MB, Æ 2)
MONNAIES 32 (2007)
Starting price : 120.00 €
Estimate : 180.00 €
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Starting price : 120.00 €
Estimate : 180.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Maiorina, (MB, Æ 2)
Date: 348-350
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : copper
Diameter : 21,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 4,33 g.
Officine: 17e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large pour ce type, parfaitement centré des deux côtés avec les grènetis visibles. Très beau portrait. Joli revers. Patine marron foncé, légèrement granuleuse
Obverse
Obverse legend : D N CONSTA-NS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Buste diadémé, drapé et cuirassé de Constans à gauche, vu de trois quarts en avant, tenant un globe de la main droite (A’6a) ; diadème perlé.
Obverse translation : “Dominus Noster Constans Pius Felix Augustus”, (Notre seigneur Constans pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : FEL TEMP REPA-RATIO/ (GAMMA)//CONSIA*.
Reverse description : Soldat casqué, vêtu militairement debout à droite, tenant une haste transversale, sortant un personnage de sa hutte ; derrière un palmier.
Reverse translation : “Felicitas Temporum Reparatio”, (Le retour des temps heureux).
Commentary
Rubans de type 3 aux extrémités bouletées. Fibule sur l’épaule. Ptéryges larges. Le globe est orné de quatre globules.
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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