Live auction - brm_543989 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Centenionalis ou nummus
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| Estimate : | 260 € |
| Price : | 170 € |
| Maximum bid : | 180 € |
| End of the sale : | 27 October 2020 15:35:20 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: 327-329
Mint name / Town : Europe, Héraclée
Metal : copper
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,40 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan épais parfaitement centré des deux côtés avec les grènetis visibles. Belle tête idéalisée de Constantin Ier. Revers de toute beauté. Belle patine verte et sable
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : CONSTAN-TINVS AVG.
Obverse description : Tête diadémée de Constantin Ier à droite (O’c); diadème perlé avec des cabochons.
Obverse translation : “Constantinus Augustus”, (Constantin auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : D N CONSTANTINI MAX AVG/ VOT/ XXX/ -|-// .SMHB.
Reverse description : Légende dans une couronne.
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 très lourd. Rubans de type 3. Portrait inhabituel avec un diadème particulier. Constantin a le regard tourné vers le ciel.
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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