Live auction - brm_479602 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Centenionalis ou nummus
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| Estimate : | 180 € |
| Price : | 100 € |
| Maximum bid : | 100 € |
| End of the sale : | 10 April 2018 15:27:07 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: 318-319
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,50 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan bien centré des deux côtés. Beau buste de Constantin Ier. Joli revers inhabituel. Belle patine marron foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : CONST-ANTINVS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste casqué et cuirassé de Constantin Ier à droite drapé sur l’épaule, vu de trois quarts en avant (C*01).
Obverse translation : “Constantinus Augustus”, (Constantin auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : ROMAE A-ETERNAE/ P|R// RP.
Reverse description : Rome casquée et drapée assise à droite sur un bouclier tenant un bouclier inscrit X/V.
Reverse translation : “Romæ Æternæ Populus Romanus”, (À la Rome éternelle du Peuple romain).
Commentary
Casque orné et décoré. Cuirasse et épaulière cloutées. Ptéryges fines. Césure de légende de droit inhabituelle. Ce type semble beaucoup plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux. C’est la deuxième fois que nous proposons ce type avec cette officine 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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