brm_848036 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Centenionalis ou nummus
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Type : Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: 319
Mint name / Town : Siscia
Metal : copper
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,10 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 4e
Coments on the condition:
Flan bien centré. Frappe un peu molle au droit mais une joli buste de l’empereur. De beaux détails au revers. Patine marron foncé
Obverse
Obverse legend : CONSTANT-INVS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste casqué, drapé et cuirassé de Constantin Ier à gauche, vu de trois quarts en avant, tenant une haste de la main droite ; le casque orné des étoiles des Dioscures (E*3).
Obverse translation : “Constantinus Augustus", (L’empereur Constantin pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VICT. LAETAE PRINC PERP/ VOT/ PR/ (DELTA)SIS.
Reverse description : Deux Victoires debout, face à face, posant un bouclier sur un cippe.
Reverse translation : "Victoriæ Lætæ Principium Perpetuæ/ Vota Populi Romani", (À la victoire heureuse et durable du prince/ Vœux du Peuple romain).
Commentary
Poids léger. Casque clouté orné de deux croisettes. Cuirasse cloutée. Bouclier avec umbo central orné d’une bordure cloutée. Cippe orné d’un S.
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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