brm_361611 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Pseudo-argenteus
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Price : 150.00 €
Type : Pseudo-argenteus
Date: 313
Mint name / Town : Trèves
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 250 ‰
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,79 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale bien centré des deux côtés, fendu à 9 heures au droit. Beau portrait de Constantin Ier. Revers de style fin. Patine grise avec des reflets métalliques
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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 ou un sceptre bouleté (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
Poids léger. Avec son argenture superficielle. 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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