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E-auction 171-106181 - brm_315357 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Centenionalis ou nummus

CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Centenionalis ou nummus MS/AU
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Estimate : 95 €
Price : 109 €
Maximum bid : 120 €
End of the sale : 25 July 2016 14:42:00
bidders : 7 bidders
Type : Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: 337-340
Mint name / Town : Cyzicus
Metal : copper
Diameter : 17 mm
Orientation dies : 5 h.
Weight : 1,70 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale, parfaitement centré des deux côtés. Portrait de qualité exceptionnelle au droit; Faiblesse de frappe au revers. Patine vert foncé au droit, marron au revers
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de MONNAIES XIII, n° 1198 et de la collection D. R

Obverse


Obverse legend : DV CONSTANTI-NVS PT AVGG.
Obverse description : Buste voilé et drapé de Constantin Ier à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (K°3).
Obverse translation : "Divus Constantinus Pater Augustorum" (Divin Constantin père des augustes).

Reverse


Reverse legend : SMKA À L’EXERGUE.
Reverse description : Constantin dans un quadrige au galop à droite, tendant la main droite à une autre main qui descend du ciel pour le recevoir.

Historical background


CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT

(+337)

Consecration of Constantine II, Constans and Constantius II

Constantine gradually becomes Christian-friendly during his reign. He first proclaimed religious freedom with Licinius by the rescript of Milan in 313. Lactantius, responsible for the education of Crispus, made Constantine's dream, the day before the battle of the Milvian Bridge, a Christian prophecy. Nevertheless, Constantine was baptized only on his deathbed in Nicomedia on May 22, 337. He was the last emperor deified after his death..

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