brm_994782 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Centenionalis ou nummus
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Type : Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: 327
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : copper
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,44 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 5e
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie idéalement centrée. Superbe revers de style fin. Patine marron
Obverse
Obverse legend : CONSTANTINVS MAX AVG.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Constantin Ier à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : “Constantinus Maximus Augustus” (Constantin le grand auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : LIBERTAS PVBLICA/ E|-// CONS.
Reverse description : Victoire drapée, les ailes déployées, debout de face sur une galère voguant à droite, tenant une couronne dans chaque main.
Reverse translation : “Libertas Publica” (La Liberté publique).
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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