E-auction 354-267459 - brm_550343 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Centenionalis ou nummus
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| Estimate : | 150 € |
| Price : | 36 € |
| Maximum bid : | 61 € |
| End of the sale : | 27 January 2020 14:21:00 |
| bidders : | 5 bidders |
Type : Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: 318-319
Mint name / Town : Siscia
Metal : copper
Diameter : 18,5 mm
Orientation dies : 8 h.
Weight : 2,55 g.
Rarity : INÉDIT
Officine: 4e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan. Très beau buste particulier de Constantin Ier. Frappe un peu molle au revers. Jolie patine verte
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP CONSTANT-INVS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste casqué, drapé et cuirassé de Constantin Ier à gauche vu de trois quarts en avant, tenant un sceptre bouleté de la main droite.
Obverse translation : “Imperator Constantinus Augustus”, (L'empereur Constantin auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VICTORIAE LAETAE PRINC PERP/ .// (DELTA)SIS*.
Reverse description : Deux Victoires debout, face à face, posant un bouclier sur un cippe sur lequel on lit : VOT/PR/ ; croisette sur l’autel.
Reverse translation : “Victoriæ Laetæ Principium Perpetuæ”, (À la victoire heureuse et durable du prince).
Commentary
Poids très léger. Sur le casque, nous décrivions le casque “orné des étoiles des Dioscures”. En réalité, il faut plutôt y voir les premiers signes chrétiens du chrisme simplifié. Avec cette nouvelle hypothèse, nous sommes en présence des premiers signes chrétiens sur les monnaies de cuivre saucé trois ans après le médaillon de Ticinum (RIC 36) où le casque est orné d’un chrisme frontal sur le casque. Semble complètement inédit pour ce type de buste et la quatrième officine.
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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