ABOUT THE EMPEROR:
Flavius Julius Constantius, second son of Constantine I and Fausta, was born on 7 August 317 in Illyricum. He seems to have been made a Caesar on 13 November 324 in Nicomedeia. When his father died in May 337, Constantius rushed back to Constantinople and arranged for his father's obsequies. The realm of Constantius II included the east, except for Thrace, Achaea, and Macedon. His first wife, the daughter of Julius Constantius, must have died in the '40s or early '50s because he married his second wife Eusebia in 353. Although the marriage was harmonious, she passed away in 360. At some point in 361 before his death he had married Faustina, who bore him a daughter, Constantia, posthumously. One of the longest-reigned emperors in Roman history, Constantius is hard for the modern historian to fully understand both due to his own actions and due to the interests of the authors of primary sources for his reign.
DATA:
Coin Diameter- 1.5 cm
Weight- 2.30 g
Denomination-Unknown
Metal- 4th bronze
Obverse Depiction-Constantinus II-Diademed- per 1 -Facing right-Draped clothing
Reverse Depiction-Falling horseman
Reverse inscription-Fel temp reparatio
Reverse inscription translation
Mint location-AND
Exergue Markings-IMP
Year issued -320-337 AD
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