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| Estimate : | 35 € |
| Price : | 9 € |
| Maximum bid : | 11 € |
| End of the sale : | 25 February 2019 14:14:30 |
| bidders : | 5 bidders |
Type : Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: 320
Mint name / Town : Thessalonica
Metal : copper
Diameter : 18,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,00 g.
Officine: 5e
Coments on the condition:
Patine vert foncé. Traces d’argenture superficielle encore visibles au revers. Flan idéalement centré des deux côtés. Joli buste de Constantin à l’avers
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : CONSTAN-TINVS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste casqué et cuirassé de Constantin I à droite avec l’égide sur l’épaule, vu de trois quarts en avant (C*02).
Obverse translation : “Constantinus Augustus”, (Constantin auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VIRTVS - EXERCIT/ VOT/ XX/ S|F// .TS.E..
Reverse description : Étendard au bas duquel sont assis deux captifs ; celui qui est à gauche a les mains liées derrière le dos ; l'autre est dans l'attitude de la tristesse et détourne la tête.
Reverse translation : “Virtus Exerciti/ Vota Vicennalibus”, (La Virilité de l'armée/ Vœux pour le vingtième anniversaire de règne).
Commentary
Casque lisse. Visière cloutée. Cuirasse et épaulière lisses. Ptéryges invisibles. Au revers, les lettres S|F pourraient se développer par “Sæculi Felicitas”, (la Félicité du siècle). Poids léger.
Smooth helmet. Studded visor. Smooth breastplate and shoulder guard. Invisible pteryges. On the reverse, the letters S|F could be expanded to “Sæculi Felicitas” (the Felicity of the Century). Lightweight
Smooth helmet. Studded visor. Smooth breastplate and shoulder guard. Invisible pteryges. On the reverse, the letters S|F could be expanded to “Sæculi Felicitas” (the Felicity of the Century). Lightweight
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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