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| Estimate : | 180 € |
| Price : | no bid |
| Maximum bid : | no bid |
| End of the sale : | 10 April 2018 15:27:37 |
Type : Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: 320
Mint name / Town : Londres
Metal : copper
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,29 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire de qualité exceptionnelle sur un petit flan épais bien centré des deux côtés. Très beau portrait de Constantin Ier. Revers de toute beauté. Magnifique patine gris métallique avec des reflets dorés. Conserve l’intégralité de son brillant de frappe et de son coupant d’origine
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Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la collection L. P
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP CONSTANT-INVS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste casqué et cuirassé de Constantin Ier à gauche, vu de trois quarts en avant, tenant une haste sur l'épaule (E*7).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Constantinus Augustus”, (L’empereur Constantin auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VICTORIAE LAETAE PRINC PERP/ VOT/PR// PLN.
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
Avec l’intégralité de son argenture superficielle. Césure de légende de droit inhabituelle. Casque lisse à plumet orné de deux étoiles à six rais. Buste cuirassé. Ptéryges fines et tombantes. Autel au revers orné d’une croisette cerclée.
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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