v18_0690 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Centenionalis ou nummus
MONNAIES 18 (2003)
Starting price : 75.00 €
Estimate : 120.00 €
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Starting price : 75.00 €
Estimate : 120.00 €
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Type : Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: 347-348
Mint name / Town : Europe, Héraclée
Metal : copper
Diameter : 13,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 1,27 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Très beau portrait avec une patine verte et des reflets métalliques au droit. Faiblesse de frappe au revers
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : DV CONSTANTI-NVS PT AVGG.
Obverse description : Buste voilé et drapé de Constantin Ier à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (K°3).
Obverse translation : “Divus Constantinus Pater Augustorum”, (Divin Constantin père des augustes).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VN - MR// SMALA.
Reverse description : Constantin Ier voilé et drapé debout à droite.
Reverse translation : “Venerandæ Memoriæ”, (À la mémoire qu'il faut vénérer).
Historical background
CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT
(+337)
Consecration of Constantine II, Constans and Constantius II
Constantine gradually becomes Christian-friendly during his reign. He first proclaimed religious freedom with Licinius by the rescript of Milan in 313. Lactantius, responsible for the education of Crispus, made Constantine's dream, the day before the battle of the Milvian Bridge, a Christian prophecy. Nevertheless, Constantine was baptized only on his deathbed in Nicomedia on May 22, 337. He was the last emperor deified after his death..
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