E-auction 517-430427 - brm_596161 - CONSTANTINOPOLIS Centenionalis ou nummus
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| Estimate : | 100 € |
| Price : | 43 € |
| Maximum bid : | 45 € |
| End of the sale : | 13 March 2023 14:25:00 |
| bidders : | 9 bidders |
Type : Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: 336-340
Mint name / Town : Atelier incertain
Metal : copper
Diameter : 14,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 1,41 g.
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan bien centré des deux côtés. Beau buste de Constantinople. Revers de haut relief, de style fin Jolie patine marron foncé. Conserve la plus grande partie de son brillant de frappe et de son coupant d’origine
Obverse
Obverse legend : CONSTA-TINOPOIS (SIC !).
Obverse description : Buste casqué, lauré et cuirassé de Constantinople à gauche, vu de trois quarts en avant, avec le sceptre sur l'épaule gauche (E*7).
Obverse translation : “Constantinopolis”, (de Constantinople).
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE// [...].
Reverse description : Victoria (la Victoire) debout de face tournée à gauche sur une proue de navire, les ailes déployées, tenant un sceptre transversal de la main droite et appuyée sur un bouclier de la main gauche.
Commentary
Poids léger. Imitation. Césure de légende de droit inhabituelle. Nous sommes en présence d’une imitation qui semble taillée au 1/192 L. après la réforme de 336 qui abaissa le poids du nummus du 1/132 L. au 1/192 L.
Historical background
CONSTANTINOPOLIS
(330-348)
After the capture of Rome on October 28, 312, Constantine did not stay in the capital. He moved to Arles, which almost became the new capital of the Empire. After 324 and the victory over Licinius, Constantine decided to build a new capital on the borders of Europe and Asia, on the banks of the Bosphorus, resurrecting ancient Byzantium. Rome is already no longer in Rome and Constantinople has not yet been born. Constantin dedicates his new Christian capital in May 330. It will be the new Rome. The old senatorial aristocracy never forgives him. The end of Rome, if not the Roman Empire, has just begun.
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