E-auction 61-28265 - brm_153116 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Centenionalis ou nummus
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| Estimate : | 120 € |
| Price : | 25 € |
| Maximum bid : | 26 € |
| End of the sale : | 16 June 2014 15:31:30 |
| bidders : | 3 bidders |
Type : Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: 318
Mint name / Town : Lyon
Metal : copper
Diameter : 17 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,57 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan. Beau portrait. Revers bien venu à la frappe. Patine gris vert avec des reflets métalliques
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : CONS-TANTINVS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste casqué et cuirassé de Constantin Ier auguste à droite, drapé sur l’épaule, vu de trois quarts en avant (C*6).
Obverse translation : “Constantinus Augustus”, (Constantin auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VICTORIAE LAET PRINC PERP/ VOT/ PR/ -|- // (DEUX CAPTIFS).
Reverse description : Deux Victoires debout, face à face, posant un bouclier sur un cippe ; celle qui est tournée à droite avec VOT// PR écrit dessus ; à l'exergue, deux captifs assis, les mains liées dans le dos.
Reverse translation : “Victoriæ Lætæ Principium Perpetuæ/ Vota Populi Romani”, (À la victoire heureuse et durable du Prince/ Vœux du Peuple Romain).
Commentary
Poids très léger. Casque à cimier avec couvre joues, ornée de deux étoiles. Cuirasse cloutée. Épaulière cloutée. Ptéryges fines. L’autel est orné d’un croissant. Nous n’avons pas relevé d’identité de coin pertinente.
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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