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Bronze Coin of Emperor Constans - FJ.5313
Origin: Israel
Circa: 337
AD
to 350
AD
Collection: Jewelry
Medium: Bronze/Gold
$2,600.00
Location: United States
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Mounted in a stunning 24 karat gold ring.
Flavius Julius Constans, the youngest son of
Constantine I and Fausta, was born about 320
A.D. And was raised to the rank of Caesar in 333.
On the division of the empire he received Italy,
Africa and the Balkans, though he later
surrendered Thrace and Constantinople to his
brother Constantius in 339. In 340 his brother,
Constantine, invaded his territories but was
defeated and killed, thus leaving Constans
master of the western half of the empire. During
the following decade he campaigned against the
barbarians with considerable success, and in 340
he visited Britain, the last reigning monarch to do
go, in order to repel the Picts and Scots. In 350,
however, while on a hunting expedition in Gaul,
he received word that Magnentius had rebelled at
Augustodunum (Autun) and that the legions had
joined the revolt. Constans thereupon fled in the
direction of Spain, but was overtaken and
murdered near the fortress of Helene at the foot
of the Pyrenes.
- (FJ.5313)
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