v21_3602 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Centenionalis ou nummus
MONNAIES 21 (2004)
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Estimate : 300.00 €
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Starting price : 150.00 €
Estimate : 300.00 €
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Type : Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: 328
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : copper
Diameter : 18,5 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 3,20 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 1re
Emission: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Portrait magnifique avec une patine marron clair. Joli revers inhabituel
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de MONNAIES XIII, 30 juillet 2001, n° 1191
Obverse
Obverse legend : CONSTANTI-NVS MAX AVG.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Constantin Ier à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : "Constantinus Maximus Augustus", (Constantin le grand auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : GLORIA RO-MANORVM/ A|-//CONS.
Reverse description : Constantinople casquée et drapée, assise à gauche sur un bouclier, tenant un globe nicéphore de la main droite et un sceptre transversal de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Gloria Romanorum”, (La gloire des Romains).
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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