v08_0601 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Centenionalis ou nummus
MONNAIES 8 (2000)
Starting price : 182.94 €
Estimate : 335.39 €
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Starting price : 182.94 €
Estimate : 335.39 €
unsold lot
Type : Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: 318-319
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,40 g.
Rarity : R3
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Beau portrait. Patine vert gris / Légèrement décentré au revers
Obverse
Obverse legend : CONS-TANT-INVS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé de Constantin Ier à gauche, vu de trois quarts en avant, tenant une haste de la main droite et un bouclier de la main gauche (F*8).
Obverse translation : (Constantin auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VIRTV -S AVGG/ P|R// RP.
Reverse description : Porte de camp surmontée de quatre tourelles, les portes ouvertes.
Reverse translation : (La Virilité des augustes).
Commentary
Semble complètement inédit et non répertorié pour le buste. Manque aux ouvrages de référence.
Appears to be completely unpublished and unlisted for the bust. Missing from reference works
Appears to be completely unpublished and unlisted for the bust. Missing from reference works
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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