v09_0638 - CONSTANTINE II Centenionalis ou nummus
MONNAIES 9 (2000)
Starting price : 68.60 €
Estimate : 114.34 €
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Starting price : 68.60 €
Estimate : 114.34 €
unsold lot
Type : Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: 320
Mint name / Town : Macédoine, Thessalonique
Metal : copper
Diameter : 17,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,06 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Portrait tout à fait inhabituel. Patine noire avec des reflets métalliques qui proviennent de l'argenture superficielle / Petites faiblesses de frappe au revers
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C.
Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé de Constantin II à gauche vu de trois quarts en avant (B*11).
Obverse translation : "Constantinus Iunior Nobilissimus Cæsar", (Constantin le jeune très noble césar).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VIRTVS - EXERCIT/ VOT/XX/ S|F// °TS°B°.
Reverse description : Labarum entre deux captifs assis dos à dos.
Reverse translation : (La Virilité de l'armée/ Vœux pour le vingtième anniversaire de règne).
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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