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Ruler: Constantine II, as ceasar, AD 317-337
Obverse: D[omins] N[oster] CONSTANTINVS IVN[ior] NOB[ilissimvs] CAES[ar]; laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from the front
Reverse: PRINCIPI IVVENTVTIS; Prince Constantine II standing to left, holding standard and vertical spear; two standards to right; SIRM in exergue.
Mint: Sirmium
Denomination: Solidus
Weight: 4,32 g
Reference: RIC VII 7 var. (legend arrangement; break "IVV" instead of listed in RIC break IVVEN); Depeyrot 2/4 var. (reverse legend arrangement).
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Note: Very rare!
Constantine II (Latin: Flavius Claudius Constantinus; 316–340) was Roman emperor from 337 to 340, and ceasar from 317 until his father's death in 337.
The son of the emperor Constantine I, he was proclaimed caesar by his father shortly after his birth. He was associated with military victories over the Sarmatians, Alamanni and Goths during his career, for which he was granted a number of victory titles.[4] He held the consulship four times – in 320, 321, 324, and 329.
Constantine I had arranged for his sons to share power with their cousins Dalmatius and Hannibalianus, but this was not accepted by Constantine II and his brothers. As a result, Constantine II's brother Constantius II ordered the killings of numerous male relatives following Constantine I's death, including Dalmatius and Hannibalianus, thus eliminating any possible opponents to the succession of Constantine I's sons. Constantine II then ascended to the throne alongside his two younger brothers, ruling Gaul, Hispania, and Britain. However, his belief in his rights of primogeniture and attempts to exert them over his youngest brother Constans caused conflict, which ended with his death in a failed invasion of Italy in 340. Constans subsequently took control of Constantine's territories, with the latter being subjected to damnatio memoriae.
Collezione : 18c Roman solidi