E-auction 709-782668 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Centenionalis ou nummus
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Type : Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: 347-348
Mint name / Town : Cyzicus
Metal : copper
Diameter : 15 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 1,61 g.
Coments on the condition:
Flan court et centré. Usure régulière. Patine marron
Obverse
Obverse legend : DV CONSTANTI-NVS PT AVGG.
Obverse description : Buste voilé et drapé de Constantin Ier à droite (K°3).
Obverse translation : "Divus Constantinus Pater Augustorum", (Divin Constantin père des augustes).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VN - MR// SMK[...].
Reverse description : Constantin Ier voilé et drapé debout à droite.
Reverse translation : "Venerandæ Memoriæ", (À la mémoire qu'il faut respecter).
Commentary
L’atelier de Cyzique fonctionne avec dix officines numérotées de A à I.
The Cyzicus workshop operates with ten pharmacies numbered from A to I.
The Cyzicus workshop operates with ten pharmacies numbered from A to I.
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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