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Coin of Roman Emperor Constans - FJ.5667
Origin: Holy Land
Circa: 337
AD
to 350
AD
Collection: Roman Bronze Coin Ring
Medium: Gold/ Bronze
Additional Information: This coin is mounted in a lovely ring of 18 karat gold.
$2,500.00
Location: United States
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Flavius Julius Constans, the youngest son of
Constantine and Fausta, was born about 320
A.D. and 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, leaving Constans 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 to 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.
- (FJ.5667)
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