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Thessalonica AD 337-348 AE AE4 1.34 g 1.43 cm 1.43 cm 6h

obverse: hd Constantius II r diademed, draped and cuirassed CONSTANTIVS P F AVG
reverse: two Victories facing each other VICTORIAE DD AVGG Q NN, in ex SMTS
(RCV '88 3999)
Krasnapolsky, Amsterdam 20 Febr 1983 vw 102, 1 euro

Constantius II 317 (Caesar 324-337) 337-361 Mopsucrene Cilicia (south coastal region of Asia Minor)
2nd son Constantinus I (the Great) aand Fausta.
After the death of his father:
Constantius II eastern territories from Asia minor to Cyrenaica , and two years later (339) he also acquired Thrace and Constantinople.
350 After the death of Constans he marched against Magnentius (Western usorpator 350-353)
359 War with Persia
360 His cousin Julianus proclaimed Augustus at Paris by his troops.
361 Marching to the West attacked by fever and died at Mopsucrene Cilicia (south coastal region of Asia Minor)