brm_990293 - CONSTANTINE II Nummus
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Type : Nummus
Date: 337-340
Mint name / Town : Cyzicus
Metal : copper
Diameter : 16 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 1,49 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 4e
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Superbe portrait. Patine marron
Obverse
Obverse legend : D N CONSTANTI-NVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Constantin II auguste à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : “Dominus Noster Constantinus Pius Felix Augustus”, (Notre seigneur Constantin pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : GLOR-IA EXERC-ITVS/ -|-// SMK(DELTA, CROISSANT).
Reverse description : Deux soldats debout face à face ; au milieu une enseigne militaire. Chaque soldat est casqué et vêtu militairement, tenant une haste de la main droite et appuyé sur un bouclier..
Reverse translation : “Gloria Exercitus”, (La gloire de l’armée).
Historical background
CONSTANTINE II
(1/03/317-04/340)
Augustus
Born in 315 or 316, 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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