brm_659727 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Centenionalis ou nummus
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Price : 175.00 €
Type : Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: 319-320
Mint name / Town : Siscia
Metal : copper
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,68 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 5e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire de qualité exceptionnelle sur un petit flan épais parfaitement centré des deux côtés avec les grènetis visibles. Portrait de toute beauté, légèrement stylisé. Revers fantastique pour ce type de haut relief. Jolie patine grise
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Obverse
Obverse legend : CONSTA-NTINVS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré, casqué et cuirassé de Constantin Ier à droite drapé sur l’épaule, vu de trois quarts en avant (C*01).
Obverse translation : “Constantinus Augustus", (Constantin auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VICT. LAETAE PRINC PERP/ VOT/ PR/ S// ESIS*.
Reverse description : Deux Victoires debout, face à face, posant un bouclier sur un cippe.
Reverse translation : "Victoriæ Lætæ Principium Perpetuæ/ Vota Populi Romani", (À la victoire heureuse et durable du prince/ Vœux du Peuple romain).
Commentary
Rubans de type 3 aux extrémités bouletées. Casque lisse. Mentonnière cloutée. Cuirasse et épaulière cloutées. Ptéryges larges. Officine la plus rare pour ce type (R5 au RIC) ! Un seul exemplaire au trésor de Bikic-Do.
Type 3 ribbons with rounded ends. Smooth helmet. Studded chin guard. Studded breastplate and shoulder guard. Wide pteryges. Rarest officine for this type (R5 in the RIC)! Only one example in the Bikic-Do treasure trove
Type 3 ribbons with rounded ends. Smooth helmet. Studded chin guard. Studded breastplate and shoulder guard. Wide pteryges. Rarest officine for this type (R5 in the RIC)! Only one example in the Bikic-Do treasure trove
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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