v55_0396 - CONSTANS Maiorina, (MB, Æ 2)
MONNAIES 55 (2012)
Starting price : 120.00 €
Estimate : 200.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 120.00 €
Estimate : 200.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Maiorina, (MB, Æ 2)
Date: 348-350
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,88 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan ovale et irrégulier, court sur la légende de droit. Très beau portrait de Constans. Joli revers de style fin, bien venu à la frappe. Patine marron foncé
Obverse
Obverse legend : D N CONSTA-NS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Buste diadémé, drapé et cuirassé de Constans auguste à gauche, vu de trois quarts en avant, tenant un globe de la main droite (A'6a).
Obverse translation : “Dominus Noster Constans Pius Felix Augustus”, (Notre seigneur Constans pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : FEL TEMP REPA-RATIO// R*S.
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
Poids léger. Rubans perlés de type 3 aux extrémités bouletées. Ptéryges larges et cloutées. Globe orné.
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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