brm_188149 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Centenionalis ou nummus
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Item sold on our e-shop (2017)
Price : 60.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2017)
Price : 60.00 €
Type : Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: 318
Mint name / Town : Lyon
Metal : copper
Diameter : 18,00 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,29 g.
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan très épais, bien centré des deux côtés. Beau portrait. Joli revers. Patine noire
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : CONS-TANTINVS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste casqué et cuirassé de Constantin Ier auguste à droite, drapé sur l’épaule, vu de trois quarts en avant (C*6).
Obverse translation : “Constantinus Augustus”, (Constantin auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VICTORIAE LAET PRINC PERP/ VOT/ PR/ -|- // (DEUX CAPTIFS).
Reverse description : Deux Victoires debout, face à face, posant un bouclier sur un cippe ; celle qui est tournée à droite avec VOT// PR écrit dessus ; à l'exergue, deux captifs assis, les mains liées dans le dos.
Reverse translation : "Victoriæ Lætæ Principium Perpetuæ, Vota Populi Romani", (À la Victoire heureuse et durable du prince/ Voeux du Peuple romain).
Commentary
Casque à cimier avec couvre joues, ornée de deux étoiles. Cuirasse cloutée. Épaulière cloutée. Ptéryges larges. L’autel est orné d’un croissant. Nous n’avons pas relevé d’identité de coin pertinente.
Crested helmet with cheek pieces, decorated with two stars. Studded breastplate. Studded shoulder guard. Large pteryges. The altar is decorated with a crescent. We have not noted any relevant die identity
Crested helmet with cheek pieces, decorated with two stars. Studded breastplate. Studded shoulder guard. Large pteryges. The altar is decorated with a crescent. We have not noted any relevant die identity
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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