Coin Description
Constantius II- 337-361 AD
AE 4 16mm, 1.73 gms
Obv: DV CONTANTIVS PF (Constantius II as Augustus) Profile picture of Emeror wearing a pearl diadem facing the right with draped clothing over his shoulders.
Rx: FEL TEMP REPARATIO (The restoration of happy times) soldier with large spear going into the heart, a falling horseman who is sitting on some kind of stool
Ex: ANA
Mint of Antioch
Constantius II- Following the massacre of 337, killing his father, the current emporter, the land split between each of Contantine's sons, Constantius II recieving Britannia, Gaul, and Hispania. Constantius also led one of the bloodiest battles in Roman history against Magnentius in the Battle of Mursa Major. As a result of this famous battle, Italy switched their allegiance from Magnentius to Constantius, rejecting all of his garrisons. Constantius was a Christian Roman Emporer, who went to great lenghts to promote Christianity at the expense of Roman paganism. This emporer oproved to lead Rome into a new age.
No comments:
Post a Comment