Live auction - brm_361614 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Solidus
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| Estimate : | 4 500 € |
| Price : | 4 300 € |
| Maximum bid : | 4 300 € |
| End of the sale : | 29 September 2015 15:09:45 |
| bidders : | 4 bidders |
Type : Solidus
Date: 335
Mint name / Town : Thessalonica
Metal : gold
Diameter : 21 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,55 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan bien centré des deux côtés avec les grènetis visibles. Très beau portrait de Constantin Ier. Infime petite usure superficielle au revers sur la Victoire. Jolie patine de collection ancienne avec des reflets mordorés
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient du stock d’Alain Poinsignon et de la collection MG
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’c) ; diadème perlé et gemmé.
Obverse translation : “Constantinus Maximus Augustus”, (Constantin très grand auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VICTORIA CO-NSTANTINI AVG/ -|-// TSE.
Reverse description : Victoria (la Victoire) drapée marchant à gauche, tenant un trophée de la main droite et une palme de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Victoria Constantini Augusti”, (La Victoire de Constantin auguste).
Commentary
Rubans de type 3 aux extrémités bouletées. Gros cabochon gemmé coiffant le diadème. Diadème richement ornementé. Petite fibule d’attache. Les ptéryges sont à peine visibles. Sur les vingt-deux exemplaires recensés, trois proviennent du trésor de Sirmium et quatre sont conservés dans des musées (British Museum de Londres, Ashmolean Museum d’Oxford, Kunsthistorisches Museum de Vienne, Staatlische Museum de Berlin).
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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