Live auction - brm_479219 - CONSTANTINE II Centenionalis ou nummus
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| Estimate : | 180 € |
| Price : | no bid |
| Maximum bid : | no bid |
| End of the sale : | 10 April 2018 15:37:37 |
Type : Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: 323-324
Mint name / Town : Londres
Metal : copper
Diameter : 19,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,76 g.
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire de qualité exceptionnelle sur un flan ovale bien centré des deux côtés. Très beau portrait de Constantin II. Revers de toute beauté. Magnifique patine grise avec des reflets métalliques dorés. Conserve l’intégralité de son brillant de frappe et de son coupant d’origine
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Cet exemplaire provient de la collection L. P
Obverse
Obverse legend : CONSTANT-INVS IVN N C.
Obverse description : Buste casqué et cuirassé de Constantin II César à gauche drapé sur l’épaule, vu de trois quarts en avant (C11).
Obverse translation : “Constantinus Iunior Nobilissimus Cæsar”, (Constantin le jeune très noble césar).
Reverse
Reverse legend : BEAT TRA-NQLITAS/ VOT/IS/ XX/ -|-// PLON.
Reverse description : Autel inscrit surmonté d'un globe et de trois étoiles.
Reverse translation : “Beata Tranquillitas/ Votis vicennalibus”, (L'heureuse tranquillité/ Vœux pour le vingtième anniversaire de règne).
Commentary
Poids léger. Avec l’intégralité de son argenture superficielle. Casque richement décoré. Cuirasse ornée. Épaulière cloutée. Ptéryges fines.
Historical background
CONSTANTINE II
(1/03/317-04/340)
Caesar
Born in February 317 according to the most recent chronology, Constantine the Younger receives on coins the title of Caesar like his half-brother Crispus and his cousin Licinius, as well as the title of Prince of Youth. Constantine II is the eldest son of Constantine I and Fausta. In September 337, he received the "pars occidentalis" from the Empire with subjection to his brother Constans, Constantius II having the "pars orientalis". Very quickly, Constantin and Constans fall out. The eldest is eliminated in April 340.
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