Live auction - brm_505565 - CONSTANTINE II Centenionalis ou nummus
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| Estimate : | 180 € |
| Price : | 150 € |
| Maximum bid : | 150 € |
| End of the sale : | 30 October 2018 15:19:07 |
| bidders : | 4 bidders |
Type : Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: 334-335
Mint name / Town : Arles
Metal : copper
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,29 g.
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire Sur un flan bien centré des deux côtés. Magnifique buste de Constantin II. Revers de haut relief. Très belle patine marron foncé lisée. Conserve l’intégralité de son brillant de frappe et de son coupant d’origine
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Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la collection L. P
Obverse
Obverse legend : CONSTANTI-NVS IVN N C.
Obverse description : Buste lauré et cuirassé de Constantin II césar à droite avec pan de paludamentum sur l’épaule, vu de trois quarts en avant (B*01).
Obverse translation : “Constantinus Iunior Nobilissimus Cæsar”, (Constantin le jeune très noble césar).
Reverse
Reverse legend : GLOR-IA EXERC-ITVS/ (FER DE LANCE)/.// PCONST.
Reverse description : Deux soldats debout face à face, vêtus militairement, tenant chacun une haste renversée et un bouclier au milieu, deux étendards.
Reverse translation : “Gloria Exercitus”, (La gloire de l’armée).
Commentary
Rubans de type 3 aux extrémités bouletées. Ce type semble moins courant que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux.
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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