Constans
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Flavius Julius Constans, also called Constans I, was Roman emperor from 337 to 350. He held the imperial rank of caesar from 333, and was the youngest son of Constantine the Great.
Possible head of Constans set in a modern bust (Louvre)
Head of a 4th-century child emperor, most likely Constans.
Gold medallion of Constans, equivalent to 9 solidi. Aquileia, 342 AD – Bode Museum
Solidus of Constans marked: constans p·f· augustus on the obverse, with the emperor holding a vexillum with a chi-rho and crowned by Victory on the reverse, marked: spes rei publicae ("the hope of the Republic")
Constantine II (emperor)
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Constantine II was Roman emperor from 337 to 340. He was the second son of Emperor Constantine I and the eldest son of his second wife, Flavia Maxima Fausta. He was proclaimed caesar by his father sho
Constans
…defeated the Sarmatians in a campaign shortly afterwards. Quarrels over the sharing of power led to a civil war with his eldest brother and co-emperor Constantine II, who invaded Italy in 340 and was killed in battle by Constans's forces near Aquileia. Constans gained from him the praetorian prefecture of Gaul…
Statue of Constantine II as caesar, on top of the Cordonata (the monumental staircase climbing up to Piazza del Campidoglio) in Rome
Solidus of Constantine II as caesar
Solidus of Constantine II as augustus
Aureus of Constantine II as caesar (aged 8), marked: constantinus iun· nob· c· ("Constantine Junior, Noblest Caesar") on the obverse