v34_0953 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Centenionalis ou nummus
MONNAIES 34 (2008)
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Estimate : 180.00 €
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Starting price : 120.00 €
Estimate : 180.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: 328
Mint name / Town : Viennoise, Arles
Metal : copper
Diameter : 20,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,19 g.
Officine: 1re
Emission: 26e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire de qualité exceptionnelle sur un flan large et bien centré des deux côtés avec les grènetis complets. Très beau portrait. Joli revers. Magnifique patine marron glacé avec des reflets métalliques
Obverse
Obverse legend : CONSTAN-TINVS AVG.
Obverse description : Tête diadémée de Constantin Ier à droite (O').
Obverse translation : “Constantinus Augustus”, (Constantin auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VIRTV-S AVGG/ S|F// PCONST.
Reverse description : Porte de camp surmontée de quatre tourelles et d'une étoile, les portes ouvertes.
Reverse translation : “Virtus Augustorum”, (La Virilité des augustes).
Commentary
Avec son argenture superficielle. Rubans perlé de type 2 aux extrémités bouletées. Les portes sont décorées.
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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