v09_0612 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Centenionalis ou nummus
MONNAIES 9 (2000)
Starting price : 68.60 €
Estimate : 114.34 €
Realised price : 68.60 €
Starting price : 68.60 €
Estimate : 114.34 €
Realised price : 68.60 €
Type : Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: 337
Mint name / Town : Lyonnaise, Lyon
Metal : copper
Diameter : 14 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 1,42 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Beau portrait. Patine marron. Flan court
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : DIVO CONS-T[ANTINO P].
Obverse description : Buste voilé et drapé de Constantin Ier à droite (K°3).
Obverse translation : "Divo Constantino Pio", (Au divin Constantin pieux).
Reverse
Reverse legend : [AETERNA] - PIETAS// PLC.
Reverse description : Constantin Ier debout à droite, tenant un globe de la main gauche et un sceptre long de la main droite ; dans le champ à droite, un chrisme.
Reverse translation : (La Piété éternelle).
Commentary
Semble de mêmes coins que l'exemplaire du British Museum (Bastien 3a).
Historical background
CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT
(+337)
Consecration of Constantine II, Constans and Constantius II
Constantine gradually becomes Christian-friendly during his reign. He first proclaimed religious freedom with Licinius by the rescript of Milan in 313. Lactantius, responsible for the education of Crispus, made Constantine's dream, the day before the battle of the Milvian Bridge, a Christian prophecy. Nevertheless, Constantine was baptized only on his deathbed in Nicomedia on May 22, 337. He was the last emperor deified after his death..
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