Beschreibung

Follis. Constantinople, 2nd officina, struck circa AD 336-337. 11h
Obv. FL HANNIBALIANO REGI, draped and cuirassed bust right.
Rev. SE-CURITAS PVBLICA, The river-god Euphrates reclining right, leaning on scepter; urn at side from which water flows, reed in background. CONSS in exergue.
RIC VII 147; LRBC 1036.
Rare. In exceptional condition for the issue. Blackish-green patina and with a fine portrait. Extremely fine.

Hannibalianus was the son of Flavius Dalmatius and thus nephew of Constantine I, the Great. In 335, Hannibalianus married Constantine's eldest daughter Constantina. During Constantine's campaign against the Sassanids (337), Hannibalianus was named Rex Regum et Ponticarum Gentium ("King of Kings and of the Pontic People"). Constantine apparently intended to place Hannibalianus on the Pontic throne after his victory over the Persians. However, this campaign never took place, as Constantine died in May 337. It seems that Hanniballianus then fell victim to the purge that followed Constantine's death.