v32_0616 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Centenionalis ou nummus
MONNAIES 32 (2007)
Starting price : 75.00 €
Estimate : 120.00 €
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Starting price : 75.00 €
Estimate : 120.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: 321
Mint name / Town : Trèves
Metal : copper
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 3,52 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 1re
Emission: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan épais parfaitement centré des deux côtés. Portrait magnifique. Revers de haut relief bien venu à la frappe. Patine vert noir avec des reflets métalliques
Obverse
Obverse legend : CONSTAN-TINVS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste casqué et cuirassé de Constantin Ier à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant, le casque orné d'une palmette (C).
Obverse translation : “Constantinus Augustus”, (Constantin auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : BEATA TRAN-QVILLITAS/ VOT/ IS/ XX// PTR.
Reverse description : Autel inscrit surmonté d'un globe et de trois étoiles.
Reverse translation : “Beata Tranquillitas/ Votis vicennalibus”, (L'heureuse Tranquillité/ Vœux pour le vingtième anniversaire de règne).
Commentary
Cuirasse lisse. Épaulière cloutée. Ptéryges larges. C’est l’un des types les plus courants pour l’atelier de Trèves, mais difficile à trouver en parfait état de conservation.
Smooth cuirass. Studded shoulder guard. Wide pteryges. This is one of the most common types for the Trier workshop, but difficult to find in perfect condition.
Smooth cuirass. Studded shoulder guard. Wide pteryges. This is one of the most common types for the Trier workshop, but difficult to find in perfect condition.
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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