v24_0696 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Centenionalis ou nummus
MONNAIES 24 (2005)
Starting price : 145.00 €
Estimate : 500.00 €
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Starting price : 145.00 €
Estimate : 500.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: 318-319
Mint name / Town : Savie, Siscia
Metal : copper
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,82 g.
Rarity : UNIQUE
Officine: 2e
Emission: 6e
Coments on the condition:
Type de droit inédit. Patine vert gris avec des reflets métalliques, légèrement granuleuse
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP CONSTANTINVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Buste casqué, drapé et cuirassé de Constantin Ier à droite vu de trois quarts en avant, tenant une haste de la main droite(E*4).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Constantinus Pius Felix Augustus”, (L'empereur Constantin pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VICTORIAE LAETAE PRINC PERP// BSIS.
Reverse description : Deux Victoires debout, face à face, posant un bouclier sur un cippe sur lequel on lit : VOT/PR.
Reverse translation : "Victoriæ Laetæ Principium Perpetuæ", (À la victoire heureuse et durable du prince).
Commentary
Semble complètement inédit et non répertorié avec ce type de buste exceptionnel pour l’atelier de Siscia.
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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