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Constantius II, as Caesar, AV Solidus. Ticinum, AD 326. Diademed head to right, with uplifted gaze / CONSTANTIVS CAESAR, Victory standing to left, holding wreath and palm; SMT in exergue. RIC VII 196; C. 14; Depeyrot 19/5; Jameson 372. 4.41g, 19mm, 11h.
Good Very Fine. Very Rare.
From the Collection of GK, Ukrainian Emigrant;
Ex MDC Monnaies de Collection sarl, Auction 1, 2 December 2016, lot 119;
Ex Jean Elsen & ses Fils SA, Auction 128, 12 March 2016, lot 453.
A series of Solidi were commissioned over the years AD 325-326 to coincide with certain anniversaries and political events related to the family of Constantine I. This coin is one of these, celebrating the first Consulship of Constantius II, begun on January 1st, AD 326. His father, Constantine I, had elevated him to the rank of Caesar in AD 324 a couple of months after his 7th birthday, and this Consulship came a few months after his 8th birthday – another in a lost list of examples demonstrating how far this coveted position had declined since the days of the Republican cursus honorum, dictated by which the role of Consul was restricted only to those aged 42 or older and who had served the state in the succession of more junior roles which prepared them for the responsibilities of such a position.
Other events celebrated in this series of Solidi were the vicennalia of Constantine I (the year following July 25th AD 325), the 7th Consulship of Constantine I (alongside Constantius II in AD 326) and the decennalia of Constantine II (the year following March 1st AD 326) (Bastien, Donativa, p.78).
Good Very Fine. Very Rare.
From the Collection of GK, Ukrainian Emigrant;
Ex MDC Monnaies de Collection sarl, Auction 1, 2 December 2016, lot 119;
Ex Jean Elsen & ses Fils SA, Auction 128, 12 March 2016, lot 453.
A series of Solidi were commissioned over the years AD 325-326 to coincide with certain anniversaries and political events related to the family of Constantine I. This coin is one of these, celebrating the first Consulship of Constantius II, begun on January 1st, AD 326. His father, Constantine I, had elevated him to the rank of Caesar in AD 324 a couple of months after his 7th birthday, and this Consulship came a few months after his 8th birthday – another in a lost list of examples demonstrating how far this coveted position had declined since the days of the Republican cursus honorum, dictated by which the role of Consul was restricted only to those aged 42 or older and who had served the state in the succession of more junior roles which prepared them for the responsibilities of such a position.
Other events celebrated in this series of Solidi were the vicennalia of Constantine I (the year following July 25th AD 325), the 7th Consulship of Constantine I (alongside Constantius II in AD 326) and the decennalia of Constantine II (the year following March 1st AD 326) (Bastien, Donativa, p.78).