Live auction - brm_529776 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Pseudo-argenteus
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| Estimate : | 650 € |
| Price : | 401 € |
| Maximum bid : | 401 € |
| End of the sale : | 04 June 2019 15:19:21 |
| bidders : | 2 bidders |
Type : Pseudo-argenteus
Date: 313
Mint name / Town : Trèves
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 320 ‰
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,45 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large parfaitement centré des deux côtés avec les grènetis visibles. Beau buste armé de Constantin Ier avec une faiblesse de frappe sur la légende. Revers bien venu à la frappe, finement détaillé. Patine de collection ancienne
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP CONSTANTI-NVS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste casqué, drapé et cuirassé de Constantin à gauche, vu de trois quarts en avant, tenant une haste sur l'épaule (E*7).
Obverse translation : "Imperator Constantinus Augustus", (L'empereur Constantin auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VICTORIAE LAETAE PRINC PERP/ -|-// PTR.
Reverse description : Deux Victoires debout face à face, posant un bouclier sur un autel sur lequel est inscrit : VOT/PR.
Reverse translation : "Victoriæ Lætæ Principium Perpetuæ/ Vota Populi Romani", (À la victoire heureuse et durable du prince/ Vœux du Peuple Romain).
Commentary
Avec l’intégralité de son argenture superficielle. Buste militaire richement décoré avec le casque clouté. Ptéryges fines sous le paludamentum. Ce type semble plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux.
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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