brm_845296 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Centenionalis ou nummus
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Price : 35.00 €
Type : Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: 330-333
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : copper
Diameter : 15 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 1,37 g.
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Flan ovale et centré. Des faiblesses mais un joli buste de l’empereur au droit. De beaux détails. Patine marron foncé
Obverse
Obverse legend : CONSTANTI-NVS MAX AVG.
Obverse description : Buste diadémé, drapé et cuirassé de Constantin Ier à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (A’b) ; diadème formé de gemmes et de laurier.
Obverse translation : "Constantinus Maximus Augustus", (Constantin le très grand auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : GLOR-IA EXERC-ITVS// CONSA.
Reverse description : Deux soldats debout face à face, vêtus militairement, tenant chacun une haste renversée et un bouclier au milieu, deux étendards.
Reverse translation : “Gloria Exercitus”, (La gloire de l’armée).
Commentary
Poids très 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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