Live auction - brm_882025 - CONSTANS Solidus
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| Estimate : | 3 000 € |
| Price : | 2 210 € |
| Maximum bid : | 2 210 € |
| End of the sale : | 05 March 2024 15:07:00 |
| bidders : | 3 bidders |
Type : Solidus
Date: 337-340
Mint name / Town : Thessalonica
Metal : gold
Diameter : 21,5 mm
Orientation dies : 5 h.
Weight : 4,52 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Magnifique monnaie frappée sur un flan idéalement centré. Les deux côtés sont richement détaillés et très bien venus. De fines rayures sont à noter. Patine de collection
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : FL IVL CON-STANS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Buste diadémé, drapé et cuirassé de Constans à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (A’c) ; diadème perlé et gemmé.
Obverse translation : “Flavius Iulius Constans Pius Felix Augustus” (Flavien Jules Constans pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VICTORIA - DD NN AVGG/ -|-// TES.
Reverse description : Victoire marchant à gauche, tenant un trophée de la main droite et une palme de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Victoria Dominorum Nostrorum Augustorum” (La Victoire de nos seigneurs augustes).
Commentary
Monnaie anciennement montée. Rubans bouletés de type 3 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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