AE 3 15mm, 1.89 gm
Obv: DN CONSTAN-TIVS PF AVG, (Our Lord Constantine, Loyal, Blessed Augustus ) pearl diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right
Reverse: SPES REI-PVBLICE, (Hope to the Republic)emperor standing left holding globe and spear.
Mint of Alexandria
Constantius II, or Flavius Iulius Constantius, was born in August of AD 317. He acceded the throne with his two brothers after his father had been murdered in AD 337. When he acceded the throne he was tainted in the eyes of his people due to the murders of his cousins Dalmatius and Hannibalianus. Constantius II received the eastern part of the empire after it was divided amongst the brothers. Most of the early years of his rule were spent defending the eastern border against the invasion of the Sassanid Empire. Constantius II ruled for many years moving from east to west and fighting off invaders. In AD 361 Constantius II went to Cicilia where he back fatally ill. Knowing that he would die Constantius II had himself baptized and died of a fever on November 3, 361.
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