brm_600382 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Centenionalis ou nummus
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Type : Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: 325-326
Mint name / Town : Arles
Metal : copper
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,91 g.
Officine: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan fin et large bien centré. Belle tête de Constantin Ier. Revers de style fin. Belle patine verte
Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant de la collection A-M Schmitt-Cadet
Obverse
Obverse legend : CONSTAN-TINVS AVG.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Constantin Ier à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : “Constantinus Augustus”, (Constantin auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VIRTV-S AVGG/ -|-// SA(CROISSANT)RL.
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
Poids léger. Grand buste massif de Constantin Ier occupant pratiquement tout le champ du droit. Rubans de type 2 aux extrémités bouletées. Au revers, sept rangs verticaux de pierres. Portes ouvertes ornés de points: (3, 3, 1) sur le linteau de gauche (2, 3, 1) sur le linteau de droit.
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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