brm_616608 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Centenionalis ou nummus
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Type : Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: 321-322
Mint name / Town : Lyon
Metal : copper
Diameter : 18,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,46 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Flan court, ovale, centré. Usure régulière. Joli revers. Patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : CONSTAN-TINVS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré consulaire de Constantin Ier auguste à gauche, vu de trois quarts en avant, tenant le scipio de la main droite (H*2).
Obverse translation : “Constantinus Augustus”, (Constantin auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : BEATA TRAN-QVILLITAS/ V.O/ TIS/ XX/ C|R// PLG.
Reverse description : Autel sur la face antérieure duquel on lit VO/ TIS/ XX en trois lignes ; sur l’autel, un globe divisé en quatre parties pointé de chaque côté ; au-dessus, trois étoiles.
Reverse translation : “Beata Tranquillitas/ Votis vicennalibus”, (L’heureuse Tranquillité/ Vœux pour le vingtième année de règne).
Commentary
Poids léger.
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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