E-auction 111-58996 - brm_123336 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Centenionalis ou nummus
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| Estimate : | 125 € |
| Price : | 70 € |
| Maximum bid : | 78 € |
| End of the sale : | 01 June 2015 15:20:30 |
| bidders : | 9 bidders |
Type : Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: 328
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : copper
Diameter : 19,50 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,77 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 5e
Coments on the condition:
Très beau portrait sur un flan et complet des deux côtés. Très jolie patine marron glacé avec des reflets métalliques. Revers historiquement important
Obverse
Obverse legend : CONSTANTI-NVS MAX AVG.
Obverse description : Buste diadémé, drapé et cuirassé de Constantin Ier à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (A'a) ; diadème perlé.
Obverse translation : "Constantinus Maximus Augustus", (Constantin le très grand auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : CONSTANTINI-[ANA] DAFNE/ E|-// 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 ; au-dessous, un bouclier.
Reverse translation : “Constantiniana Dafnæ”, (La forteresse constantinienne).
Commentary
Poids léger. Rubans de type 3 aux extrémités bouletées. Diadème perlé. Ptéryges invisibles sous le paludamentum.
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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