E-auction 5-892 - brm_164902 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Centenionalis ou nummus
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| Estimate : | 195 € |
| Price : | 126 € |
| Maximum bid : | 205 € |
| End of the sale : | 25 April 2013 17:28:30 |
| bidders : | 4 bidders |
Type : Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: 320-321
Mint name / Town : Trèves
Metal : copper
Diameter : 19,50 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,46 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire de qualité exceptionnelle pour ce type. Flan légèrement ovale. Portrait magnifique. Revers de toute beauté. Patine grise avec des reflets métalliques. A conservé son brillant de frappe et son coupant d’origine
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : CONSTANT-INVS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré consulaire de Constantin Ier à gauche, vu de trois quarts en avant, tenant le scipio (H*2).
Obverse translation : "Constantinus Augustus", (Constantin auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VIRTVS - EXERCIT/ T|F// .PTR.
Reverse description : Étendard inscrit VOT/ XX en deux lignes entre deux captifs assis à terre ; celui de gauche est dans l’attitude de la tristesse et celui de droite a les mains liées dans le dos et se retourne.
Reverse translation : "Virtus Exercitus/ Temporum Felicitas/ Votis Vicennalibus", (La Virilité de l'Armée/ les temps heureux/ Vœux pour le vingtième anniversaire).
Commentary
Poids extrêmement léger. Avec l’intégralité de son argenture superficielle. Portrait consulaire exceptionnel avec le manteau richement décoré, orné d’une couronne et de palmettes. L’aigle du scipio est fortement stylisé. Rubans de type 3.
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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