v34_0951 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Centenionalis ou nummus
MONNAIES 34 (2008)
Starting price : 250.00 €
Estimate : 350.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 250.00 €
Estimate : 350.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: 323
Mint name / Town : Lyonnaise, Lyon
Metal : copper
Diameter : 18,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,72 g.
Emission: 10e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire de qualité exceptionnelle bien centré sur un petit flan épais. Portrait magnifique. Revers de toute beauté. Extraordinaire patine vert olive profond lissée
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la collection Daniel Compas, MONNAIES XXVII, n° 432 qui s’est vendu 291 € sur un ordre maximum de 305 € avec six offres
Obverse
Obverse legend : CONSTAN-TINVS AVG.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Constantin Ier auguste à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : “Constantinus Augustus”, (Constantin Auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : SARMATIA - DEVICTA/ C|-// PLG(CROISSANT).
Reverse description : Victoria (la Victoire) marchant à droite, tenant un trophée de la main droite et une palme de la gauche ; devant elle, un captif assis à droite, tournant la tête à gauche.
Reverse translation : “Sarmatia Devicta”, (La Sarmatie vaincue).
Commentary
Poids lourd. Rubans divergents : ruban antérieur descendant sur le cou et ruban postérieur incurvé vers le haut (type 1). Au revers les lettres dans le champ C|- pourraient être l’initiale de “Concordia” pour la Concorde. Nous n’avons pas relevé d’identité de coin pertinente pour cet exemplaire.
Heavyweight. Divergent ribbons: anterior ribbon descending on the neck and posterior ribbon curving upwards (type 1). On the reverse the letters in the field C|- could be the initial of “Concordia” for Concorde. We have not noted any relevant die identity for this example
Heavyweight. Divergent ribbons: anterior ribbon descending on the neck and posterior ribbon curving upwards (type 1). On the reverse the letters in the field C|- could be the initial of “Concordia” for Concorde. We have not noted any relevant die identity for 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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