brm_243993 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Centenionalis ou nummus
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Type : Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: 325-326
Mint name / Town : Héraclée
Metal : copper
Diameter : 18,50 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,57 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan bien centré. Portrait magnifique et énigmatique. Beau revers. Patine vert noir
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de MONNAIES XXI, n° 3604 (collection Laurent Schmitt)
Obverse
Obverse legend : CONSTANTI-NVS AVG.
Obverse description : Tête diadémée de Constantin Ier à droite (O’c), diadème composite formé de perles et de cabochons gemmés.
Obverse translation : “Constantinus Augustus”, (Constantin auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : D N CONSTANTINI MAX AVG/ VOT/./ XXX// SMHB.
Reverse description : Légende dans une couronne de laurier.
Reverse translation : "Domini Nostri Constantini Maximi Augusti/ Votis Tricennalibus", (À notre seigneur Constantin le grand auguste/ Vœux pour le trentième anniversaire de règne à venir).
Commentary
Poids léger. Le diadème est mixte, composite, formé d’un double rang de perles et de cabochons perlés. Un seul exemplaire répertorié dans le Roman Imperial Coinage.
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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