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brm_747115 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Centenionalis ou nummus

CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Centenionalis ou nummus MS
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180.00 €(Approx. 196.20$ | 149.40£)
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Type : Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: 330-331
Mint name / Town : Arles
Metal : copper
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,24 g.
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie idéalement centrée. Très joli buste finement détaillé. Patine foncée
Catalogue references :
C.-  - LRBC.352  - RIC.353  - F.397  - EMA.43 /1 - AMA.515  - RCV.16341

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’b) ; diadème lauré et gemmé.
Obverse translation : "Constantinus Maximus Augustus", (Constantin le grand auguste).

Reverse

Reverse legend : GLOR-IA EXERC-ITVS/ (CROISSANT)// 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).

Historical background

CONSTANTINE THE GREAT I

(25/07/306-22/05/337)

August

Constantine was born in 274, son of Constantius and Helena. He was appointed Caesar to the death of his father 25 July 306 and was proclaimed august 25 December 307. He married Fausta, daughter of Maximian, who will give him five children, three august. The first twenty years of his reign are dedicated to become the main august against Maximian, Galerius, Maxentius, Maximin and Licinius II. He is recognized as the first Christian emperor, although baptized only on his deathbed 22 May 337.

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