{"product_id":"roman-constans-ad-337-350-ae4-bi-nummus-army-soldiers-ngc-162","title":"ROMAN Constans AD 337-350 AE4 BI Nummus \/ Army Soldiers NGC (162)","description":"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cfont rwr=\"1\" style=\"\"\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"WCPGSubHead\" style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 8px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 11px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18.6667px;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/resized-images.crazylister.com\/68747470733a2f2f696d672e6372617a796c69737465722e636f6d2f35383630382f696d616765732f6c6f676f322835292e706e673f76657273696f6e49643d5f695235775254556a5736497a53305f54792e524c376649764f6c347a727834\/auto\/82.png\" style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 18.6667px; font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cfont style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cfont style=\"font-family: Arial\" size=\"4\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cfont style=\"font-family: Arial\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cfont style=\"font-family: Arial\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eROMAN EMPIRE\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eCERTIFIED BY NGC \u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eConstans 337-350 AD AE4 BI Nummus \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eConstans\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHouse of Constantine dynasty.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e(As Caesar 333-337, as Augustus 337-350.)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eObverse: CONSTANS AVG, pearl-diademed, \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003edraped and cuirassed bust right.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eReverse: Two Roman soldiers standing either\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eside of two standards\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eFLAVIUS IULIUS CONSTANS AUGUSTUS WAS THE \u003cbr\u003eTHIRD AND YOUNGEST SON OF CONSTANTINE THE GREAT BY EMPRESS FAUSTA. HE WAS \u003cbr\u003eELEVATED TO THE RANK OF CAESAR (JUNIOR EMPEROR) BY HIS FATHER AT CONSTANTINOPLE \u003cbr\u003eIN 333. WHEN CONSTANTINE DIED IN 337, CONSTANS AND HIS BROTHERS, CONSTANTINE II \u003cbr\u003eAND CONSTANTIUS II, DIVIDED THE EMPIRE BETWEEN THEM, AND PURGED THE FAMILY OF \u003cbr\u003eANY POSSIBLE THREATS TO THEIR POWER.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eALL THREE BROTHERS WERE PROCLAIMED AUGUSTII (EMPERORS) BY THE ARMY THAT YEAR, \u003cbr\u003eAND CONSTANS LED A TRIUMPHANT MILITARY ACTION AGAINST INVADING SARMATIANS BEFORE \u003cbr\u003eYEARS’ END.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCONSTANS, WHO HAD BEEN UNDER THE GUARDIANSHIP OF HIS ELDEST BROTHER, WAS UNHAPPY \u003cbr\u003eWITH HIS LOT OF THE PARTITION OF THE EMPIRE, INITIALLY ITALY AND AFRICA. THE \u003cbr\u003eBROTHERS MET IN 338 TO REVISE THEIR BOUNDRARIES. THE PARTITION HAD ALSO INCLUDED \u003cbr\u003eTHEIR COUSIN, DALMATIUS.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHEY SQUABBLED OVER THE DIVISION OF PROVINCES, AND ALTHOUGH CONSTANS HAD COME OF \u003cbr\u003eAGE, CONSTANTINE II’s REFUSED TO RELINQUISH HIS GUARDIANSHIP. TENSIONS LED TO \u003cbr\u003eWAR WITH THE INVASION OF ITALY BY CONTSANTINE II IN 340.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE INVASION PROVED FATAL FOR CONSTANTINE II, WHO WAS KILLED IN AN ABMUSH \u003cbr\u003eOUTSIDE OF AQUILEIA, AND CONSTANS TOOK CONTROL OF HIS PROVINCES.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAFTER SUCCESSFUL MILITARY CAMPAIGNS IN HIS EARLY REIGN, AND ENGAGING IN DISPUTES \u003cbr\u003eBETWEEN FACTIONS WITHIN THE CHURCH, HIS RULE AND REPUTATION PLUMEMTED DUE TO HIS \u003cbr\u003eINDULGENCE IN UNPOPULAR VICES SUCH AS HOMOSEXUAL RELATIONS WITH “HANDSOME \u003cbr\u003eBARBARIAN HOSTAGES”, AND OF PERCEIVED MISRULE AND ABJECT CRUELTY. 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