E-auction 550-477663 - brm_456906 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Centenionalis ou nummus

CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Centenionalis ou nummus AU

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Estimate :	65 €
Price :	16 €
Maximum bid :	25 €
End of the sale :	30 October 2023 14:15:40
bidders :	5 bidders

Type : Centenionalis ou nummus

Date: 328-329

Mint name / Town : Siscia

Metal : copper

Diameter : 18,5 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 3,11 g.

Rarity : R1

Officine: 2e

Coments on the condition:

Patine vert foncé. Flan bien centré des deux côtés. Beau buste de Constantin à l’avers

Catalogue references :

LRBC.738 - RIC.215 (R2) - C.458 - RCV.16253

Obverse

Obverse legend : CONSTANTI-NVS MAX AVG.

Obverse description : Buste diadémé drapé et cuirassé de Constantin Ier à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (A’b) ; diadème lauré et gemmé.

Obverse translation : “Constantinus Augustus”, (Constantin auguste).

Reverse

Reverse legend : PROVIDEN-TIAE AVGG// BSIS(CROISSANTS SUPERPOSÉS).

Reverse description : Porte de camp surmontée de deux tours ; au-dessus, une étoile.

Reverse translation : “Providentiæ Augustorum”, (À la Providence des augustes).

Commentary

Diadème composité lauré et gemmé. Rubans de type 3 aux extrémités globulées. Fibule ronde gemmée d’attache du paludamentum. Neuf rangs verticaux de pierres surmontés d’une frise globulée.
Laureate and gem-studded composite diadem. Type 3 ribbons with globular ends. Round gem-studded fibula for attaching the paludamentum. Nine vertical rows of stones topped with a globular frieze.