brm_994501 - CONSTANTINE II Centenionalis ou nummus
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Type : Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: 321
Mint name / Town : Lyon
Metal : copper
Diameter : 19,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,41 g.
Coments on the condition:
Superbe exemplaire sur un flan idéalement centré des deux côtés. Revers finement détaillé. Joli buste. Patine marron
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : CONSTANTINVS IVN N C.
Obverse description : Buste lauré et drapé de Constantin II césar à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A*21).
Obverse translation : “Constantinus Iunior Nobilissimus Cæsar”, (Constantin le jeune très noble césar).
Reverse
Reverse legend : BEATA TRANQVILLITAS/ VO/./TIS/ XX/ C|R// PLG.
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 année de règne).
Commentary
Les lettres dans le champ C|R pourraient être les initiales de “Claritas Reipublicæ” pour l’éclat de la République.
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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