v08_0603 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Centenionalis ou nummus
MONNAIES 8 (2000)
Starting price : 99.09 €
Estimate : 144.83 €
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Starting price : 99.09 €
Estimate : 144.83 €
unsold lot
Type : Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: 328
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : copper
Diameter : 18,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,98 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 4e
Coments on the condition:
Beau portrait avec une légende très finement gravée. Patine marron et sable / Joli revers
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : CONSTANTI-NVS MAX AVG.
Obverse description : Buste diadémé, drapé et cuirassé de Constantin Ier à droite vu de trois quarts en avant (A').
Obverse translation : (Constantin premier auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : CONSTANTINI-ANA DAFNE/ D|-// CONS.
Reverse description : Victoria (La Victoire) assise à droite sur un cippe tournée à gauche, tournant la tête à droite, tenant une palme dans chaque main ; devant elle à gauche, un trophée et un captif agenouillé à gauche sur lequel elle pose son pied droit ; au-dessous, un bouclier..
Reverse translation : (La forteresse constantinienne).
Commentary
Poids léger.
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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