E-auction 18-4850 - brm_248206 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Centenionalis ou nummus
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| Estimate : | 35 € |
| Price : | 17 € |
| Maximum bid : | 17 € |
| End of the sale : | 19 August 2013 15:32:30 |
| bidders : | 4 bidders |
Type : Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: c. 318-320
Mint name / Town : Siscia
Metal : copper
Diameter : 18,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,05 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan mince et irrégulier à l’usure importante, mais identifiable. Portrait et revers stylisés. Patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : LLÉGENDE CORROMPUE.
Obverse description : Buste lauré, casqué et cuirassé de Constantin Ier à droite drapé sur l’épaule, vu de trois quarts en avant (C*01).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Constantinus Pius Felix Augustus”, (L’empereur Constantin pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : LÉGENDE CORROMPUE.
Reverse description : Deux Victoires debout, face à face, posant un bouclier sur un cippe.
Reverse translation : “Victoriæ Lætæ Principium Perpetuæ/ Vota Populi Romani”, (À la victoire heureuse et durable du prince/ Vœux du Peuple romain).
Commentary
Imitation avec un portrait stylisé. Poids excessivement léger. Casque lisse. Cuirasse et épaulière cloutées. Ptéryges invisibles. Au revers, l’autel est bien visible orné d’une croisette.
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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