brm_359939 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Centenionalis ou nummus
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Price : 100.00 €
Type : Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: 320-321
Mint name / Town : Trèves
Metal : copper
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,73 g.
Rarity : R3
Officine: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire bien centré sur un flan ovale, large et épais. Beau portrait de style fin. Revers inhabituel bien sorti à la frappe. Jolie patine grise avec des reflets métalliques
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la collection R. Chevallier (1922-2015)
Obverse
Obverse legend : CONSTA-NTINVS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste casqué et cuirassé de Constantin Ier à droite avec pan de paludamentum sur l’épaule, vu de trois quarts en avant (C*01).
Obverse translation : "Constantinus Augustus", (Constantin Auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VIRTVS - EXERCIT/ -|-// STR.
Reverse description : Trophée entre deux captifs assis à terre ; celui de gauche est dans l’attitude de la tristesse et celui de droite a les mains liées dans le dos et se retourne.
Reverse translation : "Virtus Exercitus", (La Virilité de l'armée).
Commentary
Poids lourd. Casque lisse, mais couvre nuque orné de cinq points posés en rond. Cuirasse cloutée. Épaulière décorée. Ptéryges fines. Semble être le troisième exemplaire répertorié, le premier appartenant au trésor de Bikic-Do et le second de la collection Laurent Schmitt, MONNAIES XXI, n° 3582. Manque pour l’émission, sans point devant la lettre d’officine de l’atelier de Trèves.
Heavyweight. Smooth helmet, but neck cover decorated with five dots placed in a circle. Studded cuirass. Decorated shoulder guard. Thin pteryges. Appears to be the third example listed, the first belonging to the Bikic-Do treasure and the second to the Laurent Schmitt collection, COINS XXI, no. 3582. Missing for the issue, without dot in front of the officia letter of the Trier mint
Heavyweight. Smooth helmet, but neck cover decorated with five dots placed in a circle. Studded cuirass. Decorated shoulder guard. Thin pteryges. Appears to be the third example listed, the first belonging to the Bikic-Do treasure and the second to the Laurent Schmitt collection, COINS XXI, no. 3582. Missing for the issue, without dot in front of the officia letter of the Trier mint
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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