Live auction - brm_964234 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Solidus
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| Starting price : | 3 000 € |
| Estimate : | 5 000 € |
| Price : | 5 489 € |
| Maximum bid : | 5 489 € |
| End of the sale : | 10 December 2024 14:50:32 |
| bidders : | 5 bidders |
Type : Solidus
Date: 335
Mint name / Town : Trèves
Metal : gold
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 5 h.
Weight : 4,47 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Superbe solidus idéalement centré, avec un magnifique droit presque SPL. Très joli revers finement détaillé. Patine de collection
Catalogue references :
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’c) ; diadème perlé et gemmé.
Obverse translation : “Constantinus Maximus Augustus” (Constantin très grand auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VIRTVS EX-ERCITVS GALL -|-// TR.
Reverse description : Mars casqué, avançant à droite, tenant obliquement une lance de la main droite et un trophée de la main gauche, reposant sur son épaule ; à ses pieds de chaque côté, un captif assis.
Reverse translation : “Virtus Exercitus Galliarum” (La Virilité de l’armée des Gaules).
Commentary
Type extrêmement rare, manquant aux ouvrages de référence, que nous proposons pour la première fois en vente ! Un autre exemplaire faisant partie de la collection de L.Biaggi Blasys (n°2033) est passé en vente chez NAC (2008, Auction 49, lot n°477), puis chez Gerhard Hirsch Nachforlger (2022, Auction 372, lot n°2181).
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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