v31_0615 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Centenionalis ou nummus
MONNAIES 31 (2007)
Starting price : 145.00 €
Estimate : 200.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 145.00 €
Estimate : 200.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: 323-324
Mint name / Town : Trèves
Metal : copper
Diameter : 17,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,92 g.
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan étroit et épais. Portrait de toute beauté. Revers de toute beauté avec une minuscule faiblesse de frappe sur la tête de la Victoire au revers. Magnifique patine grise avec des reflets métalliques dorés
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : CONSTAN-TINVS AVG.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Constantin Ier à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : "Constantinus Augustus", (Constantin Auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : SARMATIA - DEVICTA/ -|-// PTR.
Reverse description : Victoria (la Victoire) marchant à pas précipités à droite, tenant un trophée de la main droite et une palme de la gauche ; devant elle, un captif assis, retournant la tête.
Reverse translation : “Sarmatia Devicta”, (La Sarmatie Vaincue).
Commentary
Poids léger. Avec l’intégralité de son argenture superficielle. Rubans de type 2.
Lightweight. With all of its surface silvering. Type 2 ribbons
Lightweight. With all of its surface silvering. Type 2 ribbons
Historical background
CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT
(07/25/306-05/22/337)
August
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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