Live auction - brm_431465 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Argenteus
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| Estimate : | 750 € |
| Price : | 570 € |
| Maximum bid : | 800 € |
| End of the sale : | 13 June 2017 15:02:21 |
| bidders : | 2 bidders |
Type : Argenteus
Date: 336
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 900 ‰
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,94 g.
Rarity : R3
Officine: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur flan bien centré avec le grènetis visible au droit. Très belle tête de Constantin Ier. Joli revers, mais métal piqué sur la partie gauche de la légende
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête diadémée de Constantin Ier à droite (O’2) ; diadème lauré et gemmé.
Reverse
Reverse legend : [CONSTAN]-TINVS AVG/ -|-// CONSB.
Reverse description : Victoria (la Victoire) drapée, marchant à gauche, tenant une couronne de la main droite et une palme de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Constantinus Augustus” (Constantin auguste).
Commentary
Poids léger. Rubans de type 3 aux extrémités bouletées. Diadème lauré et formé de cabochons perlés. La tête de Constantin Ier regarde vers le ciel. C’est la première fois que nous présentons une silique/argenteus pour Constantin Ier !.
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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