Live auction - brm_402898 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Demi-argenteus
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| Estimate : | 950 € |
| Price : | no bid |
| Maximum bid : | no bid |
| End of the sale : | 27 September 2016 14:59:17 |
Type : Demi-argenteus
Date: 307-308
Mint name / Town : Trèves
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 900 ‰
Diameter : 16,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 1,86 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan bien centré des deux côtés, fendu à 6 heures au droit. Très beau portrait de Constantin Ier. Joli revers de style fin. Belle patine de collection ancienne. Conserve une partie de son brillant de frappe et de son coupant d’origine
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP CONSTANTINVS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré et cuirassé de Constantin Ier à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (B*).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Constantinus Augustus”, (L'empereur Constantin pieux et heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VIRTVS - MILITVM// PTR.
Reverse description : Porte de camp surmontée de quatre tourelles.
Reverse translation : “Virtus Militum”, (La Virilité des soldats).
Commentary
Poids lourd. Cinq rangs verticaux de pierres.
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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