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| Estimate : | 450 € |
| Price : | no bid |
| Maximum bid : | no bid |
| End of the sale : | 10 April 2018 15:29:07 |
Type : Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: 4e trimestre 321 - 1er trimestre 322
Date: 321-322
Mint name / Town : Trèves
Metal : copper
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,63 g.
Rarity : INÉDIT
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale bien centré des deux côtés. Beau portrait consulaire de Constantin Ier. Joli revers de style fin. Patine marron foncé
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la collection L. P
Obverse
Obverse legend : CONSTANTI-NVS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré, consulaire de Constantin Ier à gauche, vu de trois quarts en avant, et tenant un sceptre surmonté d'un aigle de la main droite (H*2).
Obverse translation : “Constantinus Augustus”, (Constantin auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : BEATA TRAN-QVILLITAS/ VOT/IS/ 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
Poids très léger. Rubans de type 3 aux extrémités bouletées. Robe consulaire richement ouvragée où les détails de la toga picta et de la toga palmata sont bien visibles. Au revers le globe n’est pas bien visible. Variante de césure de légende de droit qui ne semble pas recensée. Beaucoup plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux. C’est la première fois que nous proposons ce type à la vente.
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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