v21_3594 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Centenionalis ou nummus
MONNAIES 21 (2004)
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Starting price : 100.00 €
Estimate : 150.00 €
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Type : Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: 327
Mint name / Town : Bretagne, Londres (Londinium)
Metal : copper
Diameter : 19,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,35 g.
Rarity : R1
Emission: 20e
Coments on the condition:
Pièce de qualité exceptionnelle pour ce type. Très beau portrait. Magnifique patine vert d’eau. Flan légèrement irrégulier
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : CONSTAN-TINVS AG (SIC !).
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Constantin Ier à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : “Constantinus Augustus”, (Constantin auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : PROVIDEN-TIAE AVGG// PLON.
Reverse description : Porte de camp surmontée de deux tours et d'une étoile.
Reverse translation : “Providentiæ Augustorum”, (À la Providence des augustes).
Commentary
Poids léger. La fin de légende est abrégée, mais est normale pour l’atelier de Londres. C’est la dernière émission pour cet atelier qui ferme ensuite pendant près de soixante ans.
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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