brm_607116 - CONSTANTINE II Centenionalis ou nummus
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Type : Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: 326-328
Mint name / Town : Thessalonica
Metal : copper
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,78 g.
Officine: 4e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large et épais, parfaitement centré des deux côtés. Beau portrait de haut relief, bien venu à la frappe. Très joli revers. Patine vert foncé
Obverse
Obverse legend : CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C.
Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé de Constantin II césar à gauche, vu de trois quarts en avant (A*1).
Obverse translation : “Constantinus Iunior Nobilissimus Cæsar”, (Constantin le jeune très noble césar).
Reverse
Reverse legend : PROVIDEN-TIAE CAESS// SMTS.
Reverse description : Porte de camp, sans battants, surmontée de deux tours entre lesquelles se trouve une étoile.
Reverse legend : D
Reverse translation : “Providentiæ Cæsarum”, (La Providence des césars).
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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