CONSTANCE II(8/11/324-3/11/361)Flavius Julius Valerius ConstantiusAuguste(9/09/337-3/11/361) Centenionalis or nummus N° v21_3720 Date: 347-348 Mint name: Egypt, Alexandria (Alexandria) Metal: copper Diameter: 16mm Corner axis: 6 o'clock. Weight: 1.78g. State of conservation: SUP Starting price: 50 € Estimate: 75 € Realized price: 50 € Comments on the state of conservation: Very beautiful portrait on a complete blank. Dark brown patina. No. in reference works: C.- - RIC.33 - LRBC.1474 - MRK.147 /108 var. Obverse legend : D N CONSTAN-TIVS P F AVG. Obverse description: Diademed head of Constance right (O'a); beaded tiara. Obverse translation: 'Dominus Noster Constantius Pius Felix Augustus', (Our pious and happy august lord Constantius). Reverse legend: VOT/ XX/ MVLT/ XXX// SMALA. Reverse description: Legend within a crown in four lines. Reverse translation: 'Votis vicennalibus/ Multis tricennalibus', (Vows for the twentieth anniversary of reign and more for the thirtieth anniversary to come). Comments: The decennalia of Constans begin in 342 and the vicennalia of Constance II in 343. If these coins are well dated from 347-348, they could commemorate the fifteenth anniversary for Constans and the twenty-fifth for Constance. For this issue, the workshop operates with ten pharmacies. The Empire becoming Christian, the Greek letter theta which also symbolizes death for the pagans (thanatos) can now be used. History: 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 thirty-seven years, one of the longest reigns of the fourth century. After having crushed the revolt of Magnentius, he was the only 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 was proclaimed august in February 360. Constance died on November 3, 361, leaving Julien at the head of the Empire.