E-auction 607-581454 - CONSTANTINE II Centenionalis ou nummus
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Type : Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: 324-325
Mint name / Town : Lyon
Metal : copper
Diameter : 18,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,39 g.
Rarity : INÉDIT
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan mince bien centré des deux côtés. Beau portrait inhabituel de Constance II. Revers de style fin. Belle patine marron foncé avec des reflets métalliques
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient du stock de Georges Danicourt (Toulouse) en 2000 et de la collection D. R
Obverse
Obverse legend : CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Constantin II César à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : "Constantinus Iunior Nobilissimus Cæsar", (Constantin le jeune très noble césar).
Reverse
Reverse legend : PROVIDEN-TIAE AVGG/ -|-// PLG.
Reverse description : Porte de camp surmontée de deux tourelles ; au milieu, une étoile.
Reverse translation : "Providentiæ Augustorum", (À la Providence des augustes).
Commentary
Poids très léger. Avec son argenture superficielle. Rubans de type 3. Imitation hybride associant un droit de Constantin II césar avec la titulature du l’Auguste. Ce type se rencontre dans les imitations (Bastien I66, pl. XXIV). Néanmoins notre exemplaire semble de très bon style. Les deux premières lettres de Providentiae (PR) sont néanmoins inversées. Sept rangs verticaux de pierres. Semble inédit et non recensé. Manque à tous les ouvrages consultés.
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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