brm_600362 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Centenionalis ou nummus
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Type : Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: 319-320
Mint name / Town : Arles
Metal : copper
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,54 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan bien centré. Belle tête de Constantin Ier. Frappe un peu molle au revers. Patine vert foncé
Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant de la collection A-M Schmitt-Cadet
Obverse
Obverse legend : CONSTAN-TINVS AVG.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Constantin Ier à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : “Constantinus Augustus”, (Constantin auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VICTORIAE LAETAE PRINC PERP/ VOT/ PR/-|-// PARL.
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. Émission hybride associant une tête seule de Constantin Ier et ce type de revers. Autel orné d’une étoile à huit rais. F. Ferrando a recensé 7 exemplaires dont un en musée.
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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