brm_231593 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Centenionalis ou nummus
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Type : Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: 333-334
Mint name / Town : Cyzicus
Metal : copper
Diameter : 17 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,19 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan ovale bien centré. Beau portrait. Joli revers. Belle patine vert foncé
Obverse
Obverse legend : CONSTANTI-NVS MAX AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé de Constantin Ier à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (A'b) ; lauré avec cabochons.
Obverse translation : “Constantinus Maximus Augustus”, (Constantin le Grand auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : GLO-RIA EXERC-ITVS// SMKB.
Reverse description : Deux soldats debout, casqués, tenant chacun une haste et appuyés sur un bouclier ; entre eux, deux enseignes militaires.
Reverse translation : “Gloria Exercitus”, (La gloire de l'armée).
Commentary
Poids léger. Rubans de type 3 aux extrémités bouletées. ptéryges invisibles.
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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