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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |Constantinian Era| > |Constantine II| > RL77197
Constantine II, 22 May 337 - March or April 340 A.D.
|Constantine| |II|, |Constantine| |II,| |22| |May| |337| |-| |March| |or| |April| |340| |A.D.|, Constantine II was the son of Constantine I, the eldest with his second wife, Fausta. He was made Caesar before he was a year old. Constantine II was about eight years old when this coin was minted. He is depicted draped in the ornate trabea worn by a consul, a powerful child Caesar with the world and victory in his hands! Upon his father's death, Constantine II inherited the Western empire. After quarreling with his younger brother Constans, he invaded Constans' territory, only to be killed in an ambush near Aquileia.
RL77197. Billon centenionalis, RIC VII Trier 353 (R1), SRCV V 17154, Cohen VII 23, Hunter V -, Choice VF, small closed flan crack, 1st officina, Treveri (Trier, Germany) mint, weight 3.023g, maximum diameter 19.1mm, die axis 180o, 322 A.D.; obverse CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C, laureate bust left draped in ornate trabea (consular mantle), Victory on globe offering wreath in right hand, mappa in left hand; reverse BEATA TRANQVILLITAS (blessed tranquility), globe set on altar inscribed VO/TIS / XX in three lines, three stars above, PTR• in exergue; rare; SOLD










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