Live auction - brm_361613 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Miliarense léger
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| Estimate : | 2 800 € |
| Price : | 2 300 € |
| Maximum bid : | 2 550 € |
| End of the sale : | 29 September 2015 15:10:15 |
| bidders : | 3 bidders |
Type : Miliarense léger
Date: 336-337
Mint name / Town : Trèves
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 1,000 ‰
Diameter : 24 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,51 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur flan large et bien centré des deux côtés, légèrement fendu à deux heures au droit. Très beau portrait de Constantin Ier. Revers inhabituel. Patine grise superficielle. A été nettoyée anciennement
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Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient du stock de Thierry Dumez et de la collection MG
Obverse
Obverse legend : CONSTANTI-NVS MAX AVG.
Obverse description : Buste diadémé, drapé et cuirassé de Constantin Ier à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (A’b) ; diadème lauré et gemmé.
Obverse translation : “Constantinus Maximus Augustus” (Constantin le grand auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : CONSTANTINVS AVG // SMTR.
Reverse description : Quatre enseignes militaires.
Reverse translation : “Constantinus Augustus” (Constantin auguste).
Commentary
Rubans de type 3 aux extrémités bouletées. Diadème lauré et gemmé, formé de cabochons ronds. Dans la seconde édition du Cohen en 1888, ce “médaillon” d’argent est estimé à 100 francs or correspondant à l’estimation d’un aureus rare du IIe siècle. Le RIC VII, p. 222 recense trois exemplaires : celui du British Museum, pl. 5 (autres coins), celui de la collection Bement, Ars Classica. VIIII, n° 1477 et vente Hess 207, n° 1300.
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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