E-auction 45-18400 - brm_095588 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Centenionalis ou nummus
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| Estimate : | 95 € |
| Price : | 21 € |
| Maximum bid : | 30 € |
| End of the sale : | 24 February 2014 15:32:00 |
| bidders : | 8 bidders |
Type : Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: 327-329
Mint name / Town : Héraclée
Metal : copper
Diameter : 18,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,86 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Flan très large avec les grènetis visibles des deux côtés. Très beau portrait. Revers bien venu à la frappe
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : CONSTANTI-NVS AVG.
Obverse description : Tête diadémée de Constantin Ier à droite (O’c) ; diadème plein perlé.
Obverse translation : “Constantinus Augustus”, (Constantin auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : D N CONSTANTINI MAX AVG/ VOT/ XXX// .SMHA.
Reverse description : Légende dans une couronne.
Reverse translation : “Domini Nostri Constantini Maximo Augusti/ Votis Tricennalia”, (À notre seigneur Constantin le grand auguste/ vœux pour le trentième anniversaire),.
Commentary
Poids léger. Progressivement, les portrait diadémés remplacent les portraits laurés. Sur certains d’entre eux, le visage de l’empereur est tourné vers le ciel, comme recevant un message de Dieu.
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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