CONSTANS BRONZE AE4_______Youngest Son of Constantine the Great______2 VICTORIES

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18V183
FRASCATIUS ANCIENTS
A BEAUTIFUL BRONZE AE4 OF CONSTANS FROM 337 - 350 .
KILLED BY ASSASSINS OF MAGNENTIUS
THE SIZE IS 16.9 MM AND 1.83 GRAMS.
Sear 3971
OBVERSE – Laureate draped bust
REVERSE – Two Victories standing, facing each other
Flavius Julius Constans (320-350) was a Roman Emperor who ruled from 337 until his death. Constans was the third and youngest son of Constantine the Great and Fausta, Constantine's second wife.On 25 December 333 Constantine elevated Constans to Caesar.
In 337 he succeeded his father, jointly with his older brothers Constantine II and Constantius II, receiving Italy, Pannonia and Africa as his portion. Constantine II, who ruled over Gaul, Spain and Britain, attempted to take advantage of his youth and inexperience by invading Italy in 340, but Constans defeated Constantine at Aquileia, where the older brother died. The invasion was the effect of brotherly tensions between the two emperors. Constantine II was, at first, Constans's guardian. As Constans grew older, Constantine II never relinquished that position.
In 350, the general Magnentius declared himself emperor with the support of the troops on the Rhine frontier, and later the entire Western portion of the Roman Empire. Constans lacked any support beyond his immediate household, and was forced to flee for his life. Magnentius' supporters cornered him in a fortification in Helena, southwestern Gaul, where he was killed by Magnentius's assassins.
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