brm_1002571 - CONSTANTIUS II Maiorina
175.00 €(Approx. 182.00$ | 145.25£)
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Type : Maiorina
Date: 19 janvier - 3 juin
Date: 350
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,19 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Superbe buste. De légères faiblesses. Patine marron
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : D N CONSTAN-TIVS P F AVG/ -|N.
Obverse description : Buste diadémé, drapé et cuirassé de Constance II Auguste à gauche, vu de trois quarts en avant (A'6a) ; diadème perlé.
Obverse translation : “Dominus Noster Constantius Pius Felix Augustus”, (Notre seigneur Constance pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : FEL TEMP RE-PARATIO/ N|-// R.P.
Reverse description : Constance II debout à droite, tourné à gauche, vêtu militairement, tenant le labarum de la main droite et s’appuyant de la main gauche sur son bouclier ; devant lui, deux captifs debout face à face, les mains liées dans le dos.
Reverse translation : “Felicitas Temporum Reparatio”, (Le retour des temps heureux).
Historical background
CONSTANTIUS II
(8/11/324-3/11/361)
Augustus
Constantius II was born on August 7, 318 in Sirmium. He was raised to the cesarat on November 8, 324 at the age of six. He will reign 37 years, one of the longest reigns of the 4th century. After having crushed the revolt of Magnentius, he was alone august with a Caesar, Constance Galle, whom he had executed in 354. On November 6, 355, he elevated his cousin Julian to the title of Caesar. He went to Rome in 357, then to Sirmium, which he made his capital. Faced with the Sassanid danger, he left this region in 359 and settled in Antioch. Julien is proclaimed august in February 360. Constantius dies on November 3, 361, leaving Julien at the head of the Empire.
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