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brm_881249 - CONSTANTIUS II Solidus

CONSTANTIUS II Solidus MS
3 800.00 €(Approx. 4028.00$ | 3154.00£)
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Type : Solidus
Date: 340-350
Mint name / Town : Siscia
Metal : gold
Diameter : 22 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,43 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Magnifique exemplaire sur un flan large, centré des deux côtés. Superbe buste, finement détaillé. Patine de collection
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Avec son certificat d'exportation de bien culturel n° 244820 délivré par le Ministère français de la Culture

Obverse


Obverse legend : FL IVL CONSTAN-TIVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Buste diadémé, drapé et cuirassé de Constance II auguste à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (A'b) ; diadème perlé et gemmé.
Obverse translation : “Flavius Iulius Constantius Pius Felix Augustus”, (Flavien Jules Constance pieux heureux auguste).

Reverse


Reverse legend : VICTORIAE DD NN AVGG/ VOT/ XX/ MVLT/ XXX// *SIS*.
Reverse description : Deux victoires debout face à face, tenant ensembles un bouclier sur le quel est inscrit une légende en quatre lignes.
Reverse translation : “Victoriæ Dominorum Nostrorum Augustorum// Votis vicennalibus Votis tricennalibus”, (À la Victoire de nos seigneurs augustes/ Vœux pour le vingtième anniversaire de règne et plus pour le trentième à venir).

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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