E-auction 136-76048 - brm_330141 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Centenionalis ou nummus
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| Estimate : | 100 € |
| Price : | 41 € |
| Maximum bid : | 45 € |
| End of the sale : | 23 November 2015 14:50:30 |
| bidders : | 7 bidders |
Type : Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: c 318-321
Mint name / Town : Atelier incertain
Metal : copper
Diameter : 18,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,01 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large, ovale et irrégulier. Droit et revers fortement stylisés. Jolie patine marron foncé
Obverse
Obverse legend : LÉGENDE DÉGÉNÉRÉE.
Obverse description : Buste casqué et cuirassé de Constantin Ier à gauche, vu de trois quarts en avant, tenant un sceptre transversal sur l’épaule droite et un bouclier de la main gauche (D*2).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Constantinus Augustus”, (L’empereur Constantin auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : (LÉGENDE DÉGÉNÉRÉE).
Reverse description : Deux soldats debout, face à face, tenant un bouclier.
Commentary
Imitation. Les légendes n’existent plus et sont figuratives. Le portrait au droit est reconnaissable. Au revers, le traitement fait plutôt penser au type Gloria Exercitus des années 330.
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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