Live auction - brm_829392 - CONSTANTINE II Miliarense léger

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Estimate :	2 200 €
Price :	no bid
Maximum bid :	no bid
End of the sale :	06 June 2023 15:05:14

Type : Miliarense léger

Date: 337-338

Mint name / Town : Constantinople

Metal : silver

Diameter : 21,5 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 3,52 g.

Rarity : R3

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire centré. Très beau buste de Constantin. Métal légèrement poreux. Patine grise

Catalogue references :

C.- - RIC.- - RSC.-

Predigree :

Exemplaire provenant de la vente Inumis, Public Auction December 2009, lot n° 66 et de la vente Gorny & Mosch, Auction 130, lot 2363

Obverse

Obverse legend : D N CONSTAN-TINVS P F AVG.

Obverse description : Buste diadémé et cuirassé de Constantin II Auguste à droite (diadème lauré et gemmé).

Obverse translation : "Dominus Noster Constantinus Pius Felix Augustus", (Notre seigneur Constantin pieux et heureux auguste).

Reverse

Reverse legend : VIRTVS - EXERCITVS/ -|-// C.A.

Reverse description : Virtus (la Virilité) casqué, vêtu militairement, tenant une haste renversée de la main droite et s’appuyant de la main gauche sur un bouclier.

Reverse translation : “Virtus Exercitus” (La Virilité de l’armée).