brm_600348 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Centenionalis ou nummus
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Type : Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: 319
Mint name / Town : Arles
Metal : copper
Diameter : 18,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,21 g.
Officine: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan bien centré à l’usure superficielle. Patine vert foncé avec des reflets métalliques
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Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant de la collection A-M Schmitt-Cadet
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP CONSTAN-TINVS MAX AVG.
Obverse description : Buste casqué et lauré de Constantin Ier à droite, avec cuirasse, vu de trois quarts en avant (C*).
Obverse translation : "Imperator Constantinus Maximus Augustus", (Empereur Constantin le Grand Auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VICTORIAE LAETAE PRINC PERP/ VOT/PR/ -|-// SARL.
Reverse description : Deux Victoires debout, face à face, posant un bouclier sur un autel.
Reverse translation : "Victoriae Laetae Principi Perpetuae", (Au début d'une Victoire Heureuse et Perpétuelle du Prince).
Commentary
Poids léger. Casque lisse. Cuirasse et épaulière cloutées. Ptéryges fines. Autel lisse au revers.
Lightweight. Smooth helmet. Studded breastplate and shoulder guard. Fine pteryga. Smooth altar on the reverse
Lightweight. Smooth helmet. Studded breastplate and shoulder guard. Fine pteryga. Smooth altar on the reverse
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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