v13_1210 - CONSTANTINOPOLIS Centenionalis ou nummus
MONNAIES 13 (2001)
Starting price : 76.22 €
Estimate : 152.45 €
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Starting price : 76.22 €
Estimate : 152.45 €
unsold lot
Type : Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: 337
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : copper
Diameter : 16 mm
Orientation dies : 5 h.
Weight : 1,59 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 7e
Emission: 8e
Coments on the condition:
Patine vert foncé. Très joli revers
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire vient de MONNAIES V, 12 décembre 1998, n° 486
Obverse
Obverse legend : CONSTAN-TINOPOLI.
Obverse description : Buste de Constantinople casquée, laurée, drapée et cuirassée à gauche, vu de trois quarts en avant, avec le sceptre sur l'épaule (D*2).
Obverse translation : “Constantinopoli”, (À Constantinople).
Reverse
Reverse legend : GLOR-IA EXERC-ITVS// CONSZ.
Reverse description : Deux soldats debout face à face, vêtus militairement, tenant chacun une haste renversée et un bouclier ; au milieu, un étendard.
Reverse translation : “Gloria Exercitus”, (La Gloire de l'armée).
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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