brm_314699 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Centenionalis ou nummus
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Price : 95.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2015)
Price : 95.00 €
Type : Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: c. 320
Mint name / Town : Irregular mint
Metal : copper
Diameter : 18,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,34 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire de toute beauté. Style fantastique pour une imitation ! Jolie patine vert foncé
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la collection F. de La Viuda
Obverse
Obverse legend : LÉGENDE CORROMPUE.
Obverse description : Buste lauré, casqué et cuirassé de Constantin Ier à gauche, tenant une haste de la main droite, vu de trois quarts en avant et un bouclier sur l’épaule gauche.
Reverse
Reverse legend : LÉGENDE CORROMPUE.
Reverse description : Deux Victoires debout, face à face, posant un bouclier sur un cippe.
Commentary
Imitation barbare à partir de l’atelier de Siscia.
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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