E-auction 103-54114 - brm_221303 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Centenionalis ou nummus
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| Estimate : | 145 € |
| Price : | 89 € |
| Maximum bid : | 110 € |
| End of the sale : | 06 April 2015 15:20:00 |
| bidders : | 8 bidders |
Type : Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: 2e et 3e trimestres
Date: 322
Mint name / Town : Trèves
Metal : copper
Diameter : 18,00 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,07 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire de qualité exceptionnelle pour ce type, sur un flan ovale, relativement centré des deux côtés avec les grènetis visibles. Portrait de toute beauté. Revers de haut relief, bien venu à la frappe. Petite faiblesse de frappe sur les légendes. Magnifique patine marron glacé avec des reflets métalliques. Conserve l’intégralité de son brillant de frappe et de son coupant d’origine
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : CONSTA-NTINVS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré, consulaire de Constantin Ier à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant, et tenant un sceptre surmonté d'un aigle de la main droite (H*4).
Obverse translation : “Constantinus Augustus”, (Constantin auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : BEATA TRAN-QVILLITAS/ VO/TIS/ XX// .PTR..
Reverse description : Autel inscrit surmonté d'un globe et de trois étoiles.
Reverse translation : “Beata Tranquillitas/ Votis Vicennalibus”, (L'heureuse Tranquillité/ Vœux pour le vingtième anniversaire de règne).
Commentary
Rubans de type 3 aux extrémités bouletées. Buste consulaire richement décoré avec la toga picta et la toga palmata. Sur cet exemplaire, l’aigle semble absente du scipio. Au revers le globe est orné d’une double croisette avec deux globules en bas (RMBT., p. 97, n° 12).
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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