brm_285052 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Centenionalis ou nummus
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Item sold on our e-shop (2012)
Price : 115.00 €
Type : Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: 330-331
Mint name / Town : Arles
Metal : copper
Diameter : 16,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,61 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Extraordinaire exemplaire sur un petit flan ovale, bien centré des deux côtés. Très beau portrait. Revers de toute beauté. Magnifique patine marron foncé aux reflets métalliques
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 le grand auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : GLOR-IA EXERC-ITVS/*// PCONST.
Reverse description : Deux soldats debout face à face, vêtus militairement, tenant chacun une haste renversée et un bouclier au milieu, deux étendards.
Reverse translation : “Gloria Exercitus”, (La gloire de l’armée).
Commentary
Rubans de type 3 aux extrémités bouletées. Arles (Arelatum) change de nom et prend celui de Constantia en l’honneur de Constantin II, né dans la ville. Pour ce type, il existe deux variétés pour le revers avec l’étoile au-dessus des enseignes (F. 395) ou entre les deux enseignes (F. 396) comme sur cet exemplaire.
Type 3 ribbons with rounded ends. Arles (Arelatum) changed its name to Constantia in honor of Constantine II, who was born in the city. For this type, there are two varieties for the reverse with the star above the ensigns (F. 395) or between the two ensigns (F. 396) as on this example
Type 3 ribbons with rounded ends. Arles (Arelatum) changed its name to Constantia in honor of Constantine II, who was born in the city. For this type, there are two varieties for the reverse with the star above the ensigns (F. 395) or between the two ensigns (F. 396) as on this example
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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