brm_335435 - CONSTANTINE II Follis ou nummus
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Price : 150.00 €
Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 317
Mint name / Town : Trèves
Metal : copper
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,95 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire de qualité exceptionnelle sur un flan ovale. Magnifique portrait de Constantin II. Joli revers de style fin. Belle patine gris foncé aux reflets métalliques
Obverse
Obverse legend : FL CL CONSTANTINVS IVN N C.
Obverse description : Buste tête nue, drapé et cuirassé de Constantin II à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (A°).
Obverse translation : “Flavius Claudius Constantinus Iunior Nobilissimus Cæsar”, (Flavien Claude Constantin le jeune très noble césar).
Reverse
Reverse legend : PRINCIPI I-VENTVTIS/ T|F // BTR.
Reverse description : Constantin II debout à droite, vêtu militairement, tenant une haste transversale de la main droite et un globe de la gauche.
Reverse translation : “Principi Iuventutis”, (Au prince de la jeunesse).
Commentary
Poids léger. Ptéryges invisibles sous le paludamentum. Avec son argenture superficielle !.
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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