brm_328795 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Argenteus
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Price : 450.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2018)
Price : 450.00 €
Type : Argenteus
Date: 326
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 900 ‰
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,29 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Usure importante avec un flan ébréché à 12 heures. Type rare et recherché à l’usure importante. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête diadémée de Constantin Ier à droite ; diadème lauré et gemmé.
Reverse
Reverse legend : CONSTANTINVS AVG/ -|-// CONS.
Reverse description : Victoria (la Victoire) drapée, marchant à gauche, tenant une couronne de la main droite et une palme de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Constantinus Auguste”, (Constantin auguste).
Commentary
Poids léger. C’est la première fois que nous présentons une silique ou argenteus pour Constantin Ier !.
Historical background
CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT
(07/25/306-05/22/337)
Augustus
Constantine was born in 274, son of Constance Chlore and Helena. He was named Caesar on the death of his father on July 25, 306 and was proclaimed august on December 25, 307. He married Fausta, the daughter of Maximien Hercule, who gave him five children, three of whom were augusts. The first twenty years of his reign are devoted to imposing himself as the main august against Maximian Hercules, Galerius, Maxentius, Maximin II and Licinius. He is recognized as the first Christian emperor, although baptized only on his deathbed on May 22, 337.
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