brm_264917 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Centenionalis ou nummus
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Price : 125.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2011)
Price : 125.00 €
Type : Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: 337-340
Mint name / Town : Alexandria
Metal : copper
Diameter : 15,00 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,10 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 3e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan épais et irrégulier, bien centré des deux côtés. Très beau portrait de Constantin Ier divinisé. Très joli revers de style fin. Patine marron lissée
Obverse
Obverse legend : DV CONSTANTI-NVS PT AVGG.
Obverse description : Buste voilé et drapé de Constantin Ier à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (K°3).
Obverse translation : "Divus Constantinus Pater Augustorum" (Divin Constantin père des augustes).
Reverse
Reverse legend : SMAL.
Reverse description : Constantin dans un quadrige au galop à droite, tendant la main droite à une autre main qui descend du ciel pour le recevoir.
Reverse legend : G
Commentary
Poids très lourd. L’atelier d’Alexandrie reste peu courant pour ce type.
Very heavy weight. The Alexandria workshop remains uncommon for this type
Very heavy weight. The Alexandria workshop remains uncommon for this type
Historical background
CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT
(+337)
Consecration of Constantine II, Constans and Constantius II
Constantine gradually becomes Christian-friendly during his reign. He first proclaimed religious freedom with Licinius by the rescript of Milan in 313. Lactantius, responsible for the education of Crispus, made Constantine's dream, the day before the battle of the Milvian Bridge, a Christian prophecy. Nevertheless, Constantine was baptized only on his deathbed in Nicomedia on May 22, 337. He was the last emperor deified after his death..
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