brm_231514 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Centenionalis ou nummus
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Price : 45.00 €
Type : Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: 318-319
Mint name / Town : Siscia
Metal : copper
Diameter : 18,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,75 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan bien centré des deux côtés. Beau portrait stylisé. Joli revers de style fin. patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : LÉGENDE CORROMPUE.
Obverse description : Buste lauré, casqué et cuirassé de Constantin Ier à droite drapé sur l’épaule, vu de trois quarts en avant (C*01).
Reverse
Reverse legend : LÉGENDE CORROMPUE.
Reverse description : Deux Victoires debout, face à face, posant un bouclier sur un cippe.
Commentary
Poids léger. Portrait stylisé (imitation ?). Un seul ruban visible à l’extrémité bouletée. Casque lisse. Cuirasse et épaulière cloutées. Ptéryges larges. Au revers, l’autel est orné d’une croisette barrée.
Lightweight. Stylized portrait (imitation?). A single ribbon visible at the rounded end. Smooth helmet. Studded breastplate and shoulder guard. Wide pteryges. On the reverse, the altar is decorated with a barred cross.
Lightweight. Stylized portrait (imitation?). A single ribbon visible at the rounded end. Smooth helmet. Studded breastplate and shoulder guard. Wide pteryges. On the reverse, the altar is decorated with a barred cross.
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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