Live auction - brm_579624 - CONSTANTIUS II Solidus
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| Estimate : | 1 600 € |
| Price : | 1 000 € |
| Maximum bid : | 1 000 € |
| End of the sale : | 16 June 2020 15:10:22 |
| bidders : | 2 bidders |
Type : Solidus
Date: 353-354
Mint name / Town : Nicomedia
Metal : gold
Diameter : 21,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,44 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 5e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large, idéalement centré des deux côtés. Très beau revers, finement détaillé. Superbe buste. La monnaie a conservé une partie de son brillant de frappe. Patine de collection
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : FL IVL CONSTAN-TIVS PERP AVG.
Obverse description : Buste diadémé, casqué et cuirassé de Constance II auguste de face, tenant de la main droite la haste qui repose sur l'épaule et de la gauche, un bouclier orné d'un cavalier chargeant à droite et terrassant un fantassin (N'a) ; diadème perlé.
Obverse translation : “Flavius Iulius Constantius Perpetuus Augustus”, (Flavien Jules Constance perpétuel auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : GLORIA - REI - PVBLICAE/ VOT/ XXX/ MVLT/ XXXX/ -|- SMNE.
Reverse description : Rome et Constantinople assises de face sur une banquette, tenant ensemble un bouclier ; Rome est assise de face et tient un trophée de la main gauche qui repose sur son épaule ; Constantinople est assise à droite, tournée à gauche, le pied droit posé sur une proue de navire.
Reverse translation : “Gloria Reipublicæ/ Votis tricennalibus/ Multis quadracennalibus”, (La gloire du bien public/ Vœux pour le trentième anniversaire de règne et plus pour les quarante à venir).
Commentary
Rubans de type 3 aux extrémités bouletées. Casque diadémé avec plumet. Cuirasse cloutée et décorée. Épaulière ornée. Bouclier orné d’un cavalier terrassant un guerrier. Georges Depeyrot a recensé seulement six exemplaires pour la cinquième officine qui est la plus rare des six sur un total de 119 solidi.
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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