brm_600344 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Centenionalis ou nummus
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Type : Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: 318-319
Mint name / Town : Arles
Metal : copper
Diameter : 17,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,65 g.
Officine: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan ovale bien centré à l’usure régulière. Patine vert foncé et sable
Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant de la collection A-M Schmitt-Cadet
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP CONSTA-NTINVS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré, casqué et cuirassé de Constantin Ier à droite drapé sur l’épaule, vu de trois quarts en avant (C*01).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Constantinus Augustus”, (L’empereur Constantin auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VICTORIAE LAETAE PRINC PERP/ VOT/ PR/-|-// SARL.
Reverse description : Deux Victoires debout, face à face, posant un bouclier sur un cippe.
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 lisse. Autel lisse au revers.
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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