v53_0535 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Centenionalis ou nummus de poids lourd
MONNAIES 53 (2012)
Starting price : 225.00 €
Estimate : 450.00 €
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Starting price : 225.00 €
Estimate : 450.00 €
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Type : Centenionalis ou nummus de poids lourd
Date: mi
Date: 321
Mint name / Town : Viennoise, Arles
Metal : copper
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,68 g.
Rarity : INÉDIT
Officine: 3e
Emission: 30e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan mince, bien centré des deux côtés avec les grènetis visibles. Beau portrait de Constantin Ier. Joli revers. Patine marron foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : CONSTAN-TINVS AVG.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Constantin Ier à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : "Constantinus Augustus", (Constantin auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : D N CONSTANTINI MAX AVG/ VOT/./ XX// T(CROISSANT)A.
Reverse description : Légende en deux lignes dans une couronne de laurier.
Reverse translation : “Domini Nostri Constantini Maximi Augusti/ Votis vicennalibus”, (À notre seigneur Constantin très grand auguste, Vœux pour le vingtième anniversaire de règne).
Commentary
Poids très léger. Rubans de type 2. Manque au Ferrando. Semble complètement inédit et non recensé pour la troisième officine.
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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