Live auction - brm_501088 - CONSTANTIUS II Solidus
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| Estimate : | 1 500 € |
| Price : | no bid |
| Maximum bid : | no bid |
| End of the sale : | 04 June 2019 15:21:21 |
Type : Solidus
Date: 353-354
Mint name / Town : Thessalonica
Metal : gold
Diameter : 21 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 4,43 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Magnifique droit avec une cassure de coin devant le visage. Joli revers malgré un tréflage. Patine de collection ancienne
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la Collection R.P
Obverse
Obverse legend : D N CONSTANTIVS - MAX AVGVSTVS.
Obverse description : Buste diadémé, drapé et cuirassé de Constance II à droite vu de trois quarts en avant (A'a) ; diadème perlé.
Obverse translation : “Dominus Noster Constantius Maximus Augustus”, (Notre seigneur Constance premier auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : GLORIA - REI - PVBLICAE// .TES..
Reverse description : Rome et Constantinople assises de face sur une banquette, tenant ensemble un bouclier sur lequel on lit : VOT/ XXX /MVLT/ XXXX en quatre lignes.
Reverse translation : “Gloria Rei Publicæ/ Votis tricennalibus Multis quadracennalibus”, (La gloire de la République/ Vœux pour le trentième anniversaire de règne et plus pour les quarante à venir).
Commentary
Rubans de type 3 aux extrémités bouletées. Diadème perlé, terminé par un cabochon rond gemmé. Fibule d’attache avec pendants perlés. Ptéryges fines sous le paludamentum. Ce type semble de la plus grande rareté.
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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