brm_618664 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Centenionalis ou nummus
Not available.
Item sold on our e-shop (2023)
Price : 100.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2023)
Price : 100.00 €
Type : Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: 319-320
Mint name / Town : Ticinum
Metal : copper
Diameter : 18,00 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,03 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale, bien centré des deux côtés. Beau portrait. Joli revers de style fin. Belle patine marron foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : CONST-ANTINVS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste casqué et cuirassé de Constantin Ier à droite drapé sur l’épaule, vu de trois quarts en avant (C*01).
Obverse translation : "Constantinus Augustus", (Constantin auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VIRTVS - EXERCIT/ VOT/ XX// P*T.
Reverse description : Vexillum (étendard) inscrit VOT/ XX en deux lignes 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/ Votis vicennalibus”, (La Virilité de l’armée/ vœux pour le vingtième anniversaire de règne).
Commentary
Poids léger. Casque décoré et fleuronné. Visière décorée. Couvre nuque ornée d’une croisette. Cuirasse et épaulière cloutées. Ptéryges fines.
Lightweight. Decorated and fleur-de-lis helmet. Decorated visor. Neck guard adorned with a cross. Studded breastplate and shoulder guard. Thin pteryges
Lightweight. Decorated and fleur-de-lis helmet. Decorated visor. Neck guard adorned with a cross. Studded breastplate and shoulder guard. Thin pteryges
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.
Report a mistake
Print the page
Share my selection
Ask a question
Consign / sellRelated articles
Full data
Your Recently Viewed Items
500 Zlotych POLAND 1924 P.058 VF
5.00 €
LE HAVRE TRAVAUX DU HAVRE AU
130.00 €
cgbfr.com numismatists
