brm_454861 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Centenionalis ou nummus
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Price : 450.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2020)
Price : 450.00 €
Type : Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: 320
Mint name / Town : Londres
Metal : copper
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,79 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Superbe monnaie frappée sur un flan épais. Remarquable buste de style fin et joli revers. Patine marron foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : CONSTANTI-NVS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste casqué et cuirassé de Constantin Ier à gauche, vu de trois quarts en avant.
Obverse translation : "Constantinus Augustus", (Constantin auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VIRTVS - EXERCIT/ VOT/XX// PLN.
Reverse description : Labarum entre deux captifs assis dos à dos.
Reverse translation : "Virtus Exerciti/ Votis vicennalia", (La Virilité de l'armée/ Vœux pour le vingtième anniversaire de règne).
Commentary
Un seul exemplaire est connu pour ce type, il est actuellement conservé au cabinet des médailles de Berlin. Il est de mêmes coins que notre exemplaire. Type de la plus grande rareté !.
Only one example of this type is known, and it is currently kept in the Berlin Medal Cabinet. It has the same dies as our example. A type of extreme rarity!
Only one example of this type is known, and it is currently kept in the Berlin Medal Cabinet. It has the same dies as our example. A type of extreme rarity!
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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