E-auction 197-127012 - brm_344108 - CONSTANTIUS II Nummus (PB, Æ 4)
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| Estimate : | 45 € |
| Price : | 16 € |
| Maximum bid : | 20 € |
| End of the sale : | 23 January 2017 14:18:00 |
| bidders : | 5 bidders |
Type : Nummus (PB, Æ 4)
Date: 337-340
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 14 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 1,74 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan bien centré des deux côtés. Beau portrait de Constance II. Revers inhabituel. Belle patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : D N FL CONSTAN-TIVS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste diadémé, drapé et cuirassé de Constance II à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (A'd) ; diadème lauré et gemmé.
Obverse translation : "Dominus Noster Flavius Constantius Augustus", (Notre seigneur FlavienConstance auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : SECVRI-TAS REI P/ -|-// [...].
Reverse description : Securitas (la Sécurité) drapé debout à gauche, les jambes croisées, la tête tournée à droite, tenant un long sceptre de la main droite et appuyé du coude gauche sur une colonne.
Commentary
Rubans de type 3 aux extrémités bouletées. Ptéryges invisibles. Ce type semble beaucoup plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux. C’est la première fois que nous le proposons à la vente.
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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