brm_600718 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Centenionalis ou nummus
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Type : Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: c. 337-340
Mint name / Town : Arles
Metal : copper
Diameter : 13 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 1,65 g.
Rarity : R3
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan à l’usure très importante, identifiable. Patine marron superficielle
Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant de la collection A-M Schmitt-Cadet
Obverse
Obverse legend : DIVO CONS-[TANTINO P].
Obverse description : Buste voilé et drapé de Constantin Ier à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (K°3).
Obverse translation : "Divo Constantino Pio", (Au divin Constantin pieux).
Reverse
Reverse legend : [AETERN]-A PIETAS/ -|N//PCON.
Reverse description : Constantin Ier debout à droite, tenant un globe de la main gauche et un sceptre long de la main droite.
Reverse translation : “Æterna Pietas”, (La Piété éternelle).
Commentary
Type uniquement fabriqué par l’atelier d’Arles. P. Ferrando a recensé seulement 3 exemplaires pour ce type dont deux en musées.
Historical background
CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT
(+337)
Consecration of Constantine II, Constans and Constantius II
Constantine gradually becomes Christian-friendly during his reign. He first proclaimed religious freedom with Licinius by the rescript of Milan in 313. Lactantius, responsible for the education of Crispus, made Constantine's dream, the day before the battle of the Milvian Bridge, a Christian prophecy. Nevertheless, Constantine was baptized only on his deathbed in Nicomedia on May 22, 337. He was the last emperor deified after his death..
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