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Silver and Gold Ring with a Roman Bronze Coin of Emperor Constans - FJ.5402
Origin: Mediterranean
Circa: 337
AD
to 350
AD
Collection: Jewelry
Medium: Bronze, Gold, Silver
Additional Information: SOLD
Location: United States
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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 cons tans
master of the western half of the empire. During
the following decade he campaigned against the
barbarians with considerable success, and in 343
he visited Britain, the last reigning monarch to do
so, 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 Pyrenees. This handsome bronze coin
minted during the reign of Constans features the
laurelled bust of the emperor on one side, while
the reverse side of the coin depicts two soldiers
standing on either side of a standard. The coin
was found in Jerusalem and has been mounted
in a gorgeous silver and 18 karat gold ring.
- (FJ.5402)
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