brm_796219 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Centenionalis ou nummus
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Type : Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: 327-328
Mint name / Town : Arles
Metal : copper
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,05 g.
Officine: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan épais et centré. Usure régulière des deux côtés, avec un joli portrait de l’empereur. Patine gris foncé
Obverse
Obverse legend : CONSTAN-TINVS AVG.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Constantin Ier à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : “Constantinus Augustus”, (Constantin auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VIRTV-S AVGG/ S|F// ARLP.
Reverse description : Porte de camp surmontée de quatre tourelles et d'une étoile.
Reverse translation : “Virtus Augustorum”, (La Virilité des augustes).
Commentary
Les lettres S-F peuvent se développer par “Sæculi Felicitas” (la Félicité du siècle).
The letters SF can be expanded by “Sæculi Felicitas” (the Felicity of the Century)
The letters SF can be expanded by “Sæculi Felicitas” (the Felicity of the Century)
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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