Live auction - brm_521435 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Centenionalis ou nummus
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| Estimate : | 280 € |
| Price : | 390 € |
| Maximum bid : | 610 € |
| End of the sale : | 09 April 2019 14:33:00 |
| bidders : | 3 bidders |
Type : Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: 328
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : copper
Diameter : 19,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,91 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 4e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire de qualité exceptionnelle pour ce type bien centré des deux côtés avec les grènetis visibles avec une tête de Constantin Ier inspirée. Revers finement détaillé. Patine marron. Conserve l’intégralité de son brillant de frappe et de son coupant d’origine
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : CONSTANTI-NVS MAX AVG.
Obverse description : Tête diadémée de Constantin Ier à droite (O'2) ; diadème lauré et gemmé.
Obverse translation : “Constantinus Maximus Augustus” (Constantin le grand auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : CONSTANTINI-ANA DAFNE/ (DELTA)|-// CONS.
Reverse description : Victoria (la Victoire) assise à droite sur un cippe tournée à gauche, tournant la tête à droite, tenant une palme de la main gauche ; devant elle à gauche, un trophée et un captif agenouillé à gauche sur lequel elle pose son pied droit ; en dessous, un bouclier.
Reverse translation : “Constantiniana Dafnæ” (Daphné la constantinienne).
Commentary
Poids léger. Rubans de type 3 aux extrémités bouletées. La tête de Constantin a les yeux levés vers le ciel.
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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