v19_0376 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Centenionalis ou nummus
MONNAIES 19 (2004)
Starting price : 100.00 €
Estimate : 150.00 €
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Starting price : 100.00 €
Estimate : 150.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: 323-324
Mint name / Town : Trèves
Metal : copper
Diameter : 19,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,68 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Portrait magnifique. Revers intéressant. Patine marron foncé
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 : SARMATIA - DEVICTA// STR(CROISSANT).
Reverse description : Victoria (la Victoire) debout à droite, tenant une palme de la main droite et un trophée reposant sur l'épaule gauche ; le pied droit posé sur un captif sarmate assis à droite, les mains liées dans le dos.
Reverse translation : “Sarmatia Devicta”, (La Sarmatie soumise).
Commentary
Poids léger.
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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