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Bronze Coin Rings : Bronze Coin of Emperor Constantius II
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Bronze Coin of Emperor Constantius II - FJ.5310
Origin: Israel (Jerusalem)
Circa: 337
AD
to 361
AD
Collection: Jewelry
Medium: Bronze/Gold
Additional Information: Mounted in a stunning 24 karat gold ring.
$2,800.00
Location: United States
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Flavius Julius Constantius, the second son of
Constantine the Great and his second wife
Fausta, was born in 317 A.D. And was given the
rank of Caesar in 324, soon after the defeat of
his father's rival Licinius. On the division of the
empire at the death of Constantine, Constantius
II received all the eastern territories from Asia
Minor to Cyrenaica, and two years later, in 339,
he also acquired Thrace. Following the death of
his brother Constans in 350, Constantius
marched against the usurper Magnentius and
gained a decisive victory over him in September
of 351. By 353, Magnentius was finally
destroyed, and Constantius spent the next few
years campaigning on the Danube frontier. War
with Persia, however, necessitated his return to
the east in 359, but early in the following year he
received word that his cousin Julian had been
proclaimed emperor by his troops at Paris. After
some delay due to the Persian war, Constantius
set out for the west, but while advancing through
Cilicia he fell ill with fever and died at
Mopsucrene in 361, thus leaving Julian master of
the Roman world.
- (FJ.5310)
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