Ancient Roman Gold Golden military phalera - (1)
Ancient Roman phalera in exceptional gold with an image of the Emperor Constantius II (337-361 AD) A look at the origin text Translated by Google Translate Antique late Roman gilded military phalera with an image of the Emperor Constantius II (337-361 AD) with the same inscription as on the gold coins (Solidi) : DN CONSTANTIVS PF AVG (lat. DOMINVS NOSTER CONSTANTIVS PIVS FELIX AVGVSTVS. Eng OUR LORD CONSTANTIUS PIOUS AND HAPPY AUGUSTUS who held every Roman ruler by virtue of the emperor. It is marked with a bust crowned with a diadem, wearing a breastplate and draped in fabric on the right. Constantius II was the second son of Constantine I the Great and his wife Fausta. Slightly cracked on the back, the silver part on the back is broken, with the original part of the leather breastplate between the silver and golden part of this extremely rare phalera. Material: gold. Date: (337-361 AD) Dimensions: 2. 8 cm. Weight: 1. 97 g. Purchased by the current owner on Catawiki from Aesnumismatics, before in 2013 in Vienna, Austria at a collectors fair. Before that: Collected since: the 1990s. History of the previous owners: Former private Austrian collection. Important information: The seller guarantees that they are authorised to sell / export this lot. The seller will make sure that the necessary authorisations, such as an export licence, are obtained (passport for cultural items) . The seller will inform the buyer should this take more than a few days.
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Ancient Roman phalera in exceptional gold with an image of the Emperor Constantius II (337-361 AD) A look at the origin text Translated by Google Translate Antique late Roman gilded military phalera with an image of the Emperor Constantius II (337-361 AD) with the same inscription as on the gold coins (Solidi) : DN CONSTANTIVS PF AVG (lat. DOMINVS NOSTER CONSTANTIVS PIVS FELIX AVGVSTVS. Eng OUR LORD CONSTANTIUS PIOUS AND HAPPY AUGUSTUS who held every Roman ruler by virtue of the emperor. It is marked with a bust crowned with a diadem, wearing a breastplate and draped in fabric on the right. Constantius II was the second son of Constantine I the Great and his wife Fausta. Slightly cracked on the back, the silver part on the back is broken, with the original part of the leather breastplate between the silver and golden part of this extremely rare phalera. Material: gold. Date: (337-361 AD) Dimensions: 2. 8 cm. Weight: 1. 97 g. Purchased by the current owner on Catawiki from Aesnumismatics, before in 2013 in Vienna, Austria at a collectors fair. Before that: Collected since: the 1990s. History of the previous owners: Former private Austrian collection. Important information: The seller guarantees that they are authorised to sell / export this lot. The seller will make sure that the necessary authorisations, such as an export licence, are obtained (passport for cultural items) . The seller will inform the buyer should this take more than a few days.
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