v13_1269 - CONSTANTINE II Centenionalis ou nummus
MONNAIES 13 (2001)
Starting price : 45.73 €
Estimate : 91.47 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 45.73 €
Estimate : 91.47 €
unsold lot
Type : Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: 336-337
Mint name / Town : Macédoine, Thessalonique
Metal : copper
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 1,49 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 3e
Emission: 25e
Coments on the condition:
Beau portrait avec une patine vert jade foncé sur un flan bien frappé et bien centré, légèrement bombé au droit
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C.
Obverse description : Buste lauré et cuirassé de Constantin II césar à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (B*).
Obverse translation : "Constantinus Junior Nobilissimus Cæsar", (Constantin le jeune très noble césar).
Reverse
Reverse legend : GLORI-A EXER-CITVS// SMTSB.
Reverse description : Deux soldats debout face à face, vêtus militairement, tenant chacun une haste renversée ; au milieu une enseigne militaire.
Reverse translation : “Gloria Exercitus”, (La gloire de l'armée).
Commentary
Poids léger.
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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