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Description

The listing, Ancient Roman AE Coin - CONSTANS -VOT XX MVLT - c.AD 350 has ended.

This is a small bronze coin issued by Constans, son of Constantine the Great, and Roman Emperor from AD 337 to 350. It is about 13-14mm across.

The obverse has a right-facing bust of the emperor w/ diadem and the legend is D N CONSTANS P F AVG ("Our Lord, Constans: Pious, Happy Emperor").

The reverse legend is VOT XX MVLT XXX, commemorating Constans's first two ten-year "terms of office" and looking forward to a third.

Please judge the grade of the coin for yourself by the pictures. It shows some wear. The devices are clear, but with little detail, and the legends are about 60% readable.

Questions & Comments

so is this coin still up for auction or not please respond asap thank you and I know what you mean I won a collectors plate for 1 credit and the seller is not responding to any of my emails after 6 days

Jun 10th, 2011 at 7:48:03 PM PDT by

Any of my auctions will go with free shipping, even for 1 credit. If you see my past auctions, I usually ship withing 24 hours with a tracking number that day.
I can't comment on the Widow's mite's or the book, so I'm trying to get those deleted so as not get negetive feedback since theyre very small and the pics make them look bigger. I won three cameras on here, but only the camcorder works, lol.
All my pics come from a cell phone with a broken camera, but I'm doing my best.
Thank you.

Jun 10th, 2011 at 7:53:39 PM PDT by

hi, im fairly new to this site but the only thing i find interesting on the entire site is the items listed with info , i was really hoping to place a bid on something that has some history to it and its a big dissappointment if listia no longer will allow you to give information about the item being sold ......very interesting piece and thank you for the info

Jun 13th, 2011 at 1:35:34 PM PDT by

I will be including a pdf file with the history on my historical auctions, and possibly a tiff on the auctions image section so if you save it, you can read the history from there.
Thank you for your interest.

Dr. Willie

Jun 13th, 2011 at 3:15:06 PM PDT by

I would love the history also. I am so sorry that they took off the book, I was really hoping to win that also. Is there any way that get that from you to go with the coins, that Hopefully I will win?

Jun 13th, 2011 at 11:40:58 AM PDT by

I will send the history to you after the auction. I still have to compile them all.
Thank you for your interest,

-- Willie

Jun 13th, 2011 at 3:16:27 PM PDT by

I would like to receive the .pdf file. Roman history was my favorite as a history major.

Jun 13th, 2011 at 10:36:41 AM PDT by

After the auction; let me know which one(s) you want, and I'll send them over.
I also have a pfd of the Dead Sea Scrolls translated into English, but during the translation and formatting of it, I began to believe God wanted to murder us..lol.
It almost sounds like he's Bipolar..
Thank you for your interest,

Dr. Willie

Jun 13th, 2011 at 3:19:18 PM PDT by

Very Cool ; )

Jun 12th, 2011 at 8:27:27 PM PDT by

Thank you. Your name is very cool.

Jun 12th, 2011 at 8:49:00 PM PDT by

You could always email the historical information. I for one love it :)

Jun 12th, 2011 at 8:17:38 PM PDT by

I'm compiling them into a printable pdf for the winner by request. Thank you again.

Jun 12th, 2011 at 8:20:27 PM PDT by

Thank you

Jun 12th, 2011 at 4:47:45 PM PDT by

You're very welcome.

Jun 12th, 2011 at 8:19:13 PM PDT by

That's great to know. I think you should be able to say what you want. As long as it's about the item up for auction. And I wanted to let you know that I really want these to pass down to my family. Like an heirloom.

Jun 12th, 2011 at 4:14:13 PM PDT by

I hope they go to you. May the trinity watch over you and yours.

Jun 12th, 2011 at 4:29:09 PM PDT by

That would be great, otherwise i"ll just print these pages .
And if you have other items that are old with a good teaching story behind it I will surely bid on that also.

Jun 12th, 2011 at 9:54:55 AM PDT by

I relisted the Widow's Mite's, but I'm not allowed to teach anymore, per Listia.
These will be my final historical listings, so go check them out.
Also listed a really pretty 14K White gold and Sapphire diamond ring.

Jun 12th, 2011 at 2:05:38 PM PDT by

I want them to learn for myself and for my grand kids.
If I do win I would really appreciate any knowledge that you have about them.
Which looks to be quite a bit! Thank you very much for keeping these up for auction.

Jun 11th, 2011 at 5:14:30 PM PDT by

If I am able to win a printer, I will include printouts with my shipments; maybe I'll buy one anyways.

Jun 11th, 2011 at 6:19:26 PM PDT by

Please let me bid on these coins and the book!!!
I am very serious about this.
Don't let the others ruin it for some of us that are truly interested.

Jun 11th, 2011 at 4:21:54 PM PDT by

You may bid on my listed auctions. The good news (for you), is that I ran everyone off in a drunken rampage, lol, so you will get these for very little credits.
I only commented that they werent available when I tried to have them removed, but only the three Judean coins were deleted.

I can't comment in the white right now, so I must use my response to you to for everyone watching.
I made a mistake judging the entire community due to a few, and for that I appologize.
All of my listed auctions will be shipped to the winning bidder, but I hope they go to someone who can appreciate the historical value and not how much they can be sold for. I blame Nintendo, Microsoft, and Sony for that (destroying learning for the sake of video games).

Jun 11th, 2011 at 4:29:39 PM PDT by

wow try as hard as I can I lose out on getting the biblical mites. Sounds like you have had nothing but trouble on here. Wish you the best. I was winning that last one you took off or listia took off, whichever. Sorry to hear about all the problems. Shatoma

Jun 11th, 2011 at 4:02:22 PM PDT by

I know, and I'm sorry.
Listia won't let me comment the history, so I have to wait until the 22nd to relist them; but now I have a camera that will take accurate shots, unlike the Android with the camera dangling off the phone, lol.
I'm going to have to put a video up instead of the history in comments, or just put it in a tiff and upload it like an image.

But, the auctions I have listed now will be shipped as usual.

Jun 11th, 2011 at 4:18:56 PM PDT by

Please let me know also. I would like to bid on all of the coins you have - yes mostly the small ones and I would like the stories behind them also. Thank you.
I wish I would have noticed them sooner.

Jun 11th, 2011 at 3:22:20 PM PDT by

In the early Roman era, bronze was a precious resource because it was used in the fabrication of weapons; kinda like in WWI with American steel being used to make aircraft.
The coins were all very small, except the very few, which were smaller than a U.S. quarter (most Roman coins are smaller than a dime), and those were considered royalty coins; if you had one, it meant you were well off. The larger the coin, the more it was worth since they were all struck from the same material. Some silver and gold coins were much larger, but only the wealthy and rulers would ever have held them; one small gold coin was greater than a peasants entire lifetime of earnings.
I finally got a good camera to take better pics, but I won't be listing for another 12 days.

Jun 11th, 2011 at 3:38:11 PM PDT by

Flavius Julius Constans, third and youngest son of Constantine I and Fausta, was born between 320 and 323 A.D. Primary sources for the life and reign of Constans I are scarce. To reconstruct his life and career, one must draw on a variety of references in both fourth century and later works. Raised as a Christian, he was made a Caesar on 25 December 333 A.D. Constans I and his two brothers, after the death of their father on 22 May 337 and the subsequent "massacre of the princes" in which many other relatives were purged, met in the first part of September 337 in Pannonia to re-divide the empire among themselves. There they were acclaimed Augusti by the army. Constans' new realm included Italy, Africa, Illyricum, Macedonia, and Achaea. Shortly before his father's death, Constans' engagement to Olympias, the daughter of the Praetorian Prefect Ablabius, was announced; although the match was never solemnized because of political reasons.

Jun 6th, 2011 at 12:52:50 PM PDT by

I am very, very bored.

Jun 10th, 2011 at 6:56:20 PM PDT by

Woohoo, I can comment again. Doh, I just used it up.

Jun 10th, 2011 at 7:00:05 PM PDT by

wow.

Jun 9th, 2011 at 10:29:57 PM PDT by

yup

Jun 10th, 2011 at 12:55:38 PM PDT by

Interesting thought

Jun 9th, 2011 at 9:35:57 AM PDT by

Thoughts are the minds defense against boredom.

Jun 10th, 2011 at 12:55:25 PM PDT by

...come to think of it we still preform human sacrifice. In the form of war and people starving to death on this planet.

Jun 8th, 2011 at 9:46:17 PM PDT by

I guess the government is a Pagan covenant.

Jun 8th, 2011 at 9:51:36 PM PDT by

Oh nuts...putting the ca-bash on a good pagan sacrifice.

Jun 8th, 2011 at 9:42:32 PM PDT by

lol. What most don't realize is that in that day, the pagan sacrifice wasnt just the deflowering of a virigin in public, but an actual blood ritual. (usually livestock, but there were the fanatics who went beyond with humans with underground covenants)

Jun 8th, 2011 at 9:49:08 PM PDT by

I forgot to put this in the title, but this is also an "anti-pagan" style coin; same as his brother Constantius II which I have listed. They were raised Christian, and passionate about it; signing law against pagan sacrifice.

Jun 8th, 2011 at 2:00:09 AM PDT by

Great history lesson as always!

Jun 7th, 2011 at 1:21:47 PM PDT by

Thank you.

Jun 7th, 2011 at 4:28:25 PM PDT by

esosa:

Jun 6th, 2011 at 12:58:08 PM PDT by

Do not bid on this coin. Since people like 808lei_D expects a 2200 year old coin to be the size of a football, and in mint condition, I will no longer offer ancient coins and artifacts valued in the hundreds of dollar range.
Your credits will be refunded.
Maryanne, if you want it, I'll just send it to you, since you don't follow the masses over the cliff.

Thank you.

Jun 10th, 2011 at 5:06:21 PM PDT by

When Magnentius was declared emperor in Gaul during January 350, Constans realized his reign was at an end. When he learned of the revolt, he fled toward Helena, a town in the Pyrenees, where he was put to death by Gaeso and a band of Magnentius' assassins, who dragged their victim from a temple in which he had sought refuge.

Jun 6th, 2011 at 12:55:13 PM PDT by

I'm deleting all my ancient and antique auctions excepot the two Roman coins. After that, you can find my crappy Chinese periferals since so many non-intelligent people scour Listia; meaning 808Lei_D and Michele1 for starters.

Thank you; two, for making this unpleasant for me.

Jun 10th, 2011 at 5:14:08 PM PDT by

Like his father Constantine I and his brother Constantius II, Constans had a deep interest in Christianity. Together with Constantius II he issued (or perhaps re-issued) a ban against pagan sacrifice in 341. The next year, they cautioned against the destruction of pagan temples. Unlike his brother Constantius II, who supported the Arian faction, he stood shoulder to shoulder with Athanasius and other members of the Orthodox clique. In fact, it is due to his request that the Council of Serdica was called to deal with the ecclesiastical squabble between Athanasius of Alexandria and Paul of Constantinople on one side and the Arian faction on the other.

Jun 6th, 2011 at 12:54:41 PM PDT by

As an emperor Constans gets mixed reviews. In what may be a topos, sources suggest that the first part of his reign was moderate but in later years, however, he became overbearing. The emperor apparently attempted to obtain as much money as he could from his subjects and sold government posts to the highest bidder. His favorites were allowed to oppress his subjects. Sources also condemn his homosexuality He did have some military success and, in addition to other military threats, he had to deal with Donatist-related bandits in North Africa.

Jun 6th, 2011 at 12:53:58 PM PDT by

It would appear that Constans was successful in the military sphere. Following his accession to the purple in 337, he seems to have won a victory over the Sarmatians. In 340 Constans was able to beat back an attempt by his brother Constantine II to seize some of his realm. The latter died in a battle fought near Aquileia and Constans absorbed his late brother's territory. In 341 and 342 he conducted a successful campaign against the Franci. He also visited Britain in 343, probably on a military campaign.

Jun 6th, 2011 at 12:53:24 PM PDT by

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