v21_3610 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Centenionalis ou nummus
MONNAIES 21 (2004)
Starting price : 75.00 €
Estimate : 120.00 €
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Starting price : 75.00 €
Estimate : 120.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: 337-340
Mint name / Town : Coelé Syrie, Antioche (Antiochia)
Metal : copper
Diameter : 13,5 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 1,55 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 8e
Emission: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan étroit. Très beau portrait. Patine vert olive foncé
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 : ANÉPIGRAPHE/ *|-// SMANH À L’EXERGUE.
Reverse description : Constantin dans un quadrige au galop à droite, tendant la main droite à une autre main qui descend du ciel pour le recevoir.
Commentary
Sur cet exemplaire, le char semble désarticulé et s’élever vers le ciel.
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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