E-auction 200-129279 - brm_282873 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Centenionalis ou nummus
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| Estimate : | 75 € |
| Price : | 36 € |
| Maximum bid : | 41 € |
| End of the sale : | 13 February 2017 14:26:00 |
| bidders : | 10 bidders |
Type : Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: 321
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 22,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,17 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan extrêmement large et ovale avec les grènetis complets. Belle tête de Constantin Ier. Joli revers de style fin. Belle patine marron avec des reflets métalliques
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/ -|-// RP.
Reverse description : Légende dans une couronne ; la couronne est ornée de trois médaillons formés de globes ornés de croisettes cantonnées de globules.
Reverse translation : “Domini Nostri Constantini Maximo Augusti/ Votis vicennalibus”, (À notre seigneur Constantin très grand auguste, vœux pour le vingtième anniversaire de règne).
Commentary
Avec l’intégralité de son argenture superficielle. Rubans de type 2 aux extrémités bouletées. Au revers, la couronne est ornée de trois motifs décoratifs à 3, 9 et 12 heures dans la couronne formée de trois globes ornés de croisettes cantonnées de quatre globules (Bikic-Do, pl. IX, n° 214/251A). Ce revers est associé au mythe du temps perpétuel (Aion) et des quatre saisons (printemps, été, automne et hiver).
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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