Constantius II, as Augustus (AD 337-361). AR siliqua (17mm, 1h). NGC Choice VF....
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Constantius II, as Augustus (AD 337-361). AR siliqua (17mm, 1h). NGC Choice VF. Lugdunum, ca. AD 360-363. D N CONSTAN-TIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust of Constantius II right, seen from front / VICOTRIA-DD NN AVG, Victory advancing left, wreath in outstretched right hand, palm cradled in left arm; LVG in exergue. RIC VIII 200. Marigold backlight. The third son of Constantine the Great, Constantius II was the most successful of Constantine's heirs. Born in AD 317, Flavius Julius Valerius Constantius was raised to the rank of Caesar along with his younger brother Constans in AD 324. Upon their father's death, the three sons of Constantine carved up the Empire among themselves, Constantius receiving the prosperous Eastern portion of the Roman Empire. A long-running border war with the Sasanian Persians kept Constantius preoccupied, and when Constans was overthrown by the usurper Magnentius in AD 350, it took Constantius a year to disengage his army and march westward to put down the pretender. With the Persians again threatening the eastern frontier, Constantius named his cousin Julian as Caesar in AD 355 to mind affairs in the west while he returned to Antioch. But Julian's popularity roused Constantius' suspicious nature. He forced Julian into open revolt in AD 360, but before full-scale civil war could erupt, Constantius fell suddenly fell ill and died in on November 3, AD 361. He had reigned with dour, plodding competence for 24 years and left a fairly stable and prosperous Empire to his successors. HID07901242017 www.HA.com/TexasAuctioneerLicenseNotice
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