brm_607079 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Centenionalis ou nummus
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Type : Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: 319-320
Mint name / Town : Arles
Metal : copper
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,91 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan, bien centré des deux côtés. Beau portrait. Très joli revers de style fin. Patine noire, légèrement granuleuse
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP CONSTAN-TINVS MAX AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré, casqué et cuirassé de Constantin Ier à droite avec pan de paludamentum sur l’épaule, vu de trois quarts en avant (C*01).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Constantinus Maximus Augustus”, (L’empereur Constantin le plus grand auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VICTORIAE LAETAE PRINC PERP/ VOT/ PR// PARL.
Reverse description : Deux Victoires debout, face à face, posant un bouclier sur un cippe.
Reverse translation : “Victoriæ Lætæ Principium Perpetuæ/ Vota Populi Romani”, (À la victoire heureuse et durable du prince/ Vœux du Peuple romain).
Commentary
Poids léger. Rubans de type 3 aux extrémités bouletées. Casque et visière lisses. Cuirasse et épaulière cloutées. Ptéryges larges. Cippe lisse. Ce type n’est pas repris dans l’ouvrage de Georges Depeyrot et devrait trouver sa place après le 22/1.
Lightweight. Type 3 ribbons with pelleted ends. Smooth helmet and visor. Studded breastplate and shoulder guard. Large pteryga. Smooth tip. This type is not included in Georges Depeyrot's work and should find its place after 22/1
Lightweight. Type 3 ribbons with pelleted ends. Smooth helmet and visor. Studded breastplate and shoulder guard. Large pteryga. Smooth tip. This type is not included in Georges Depeyrot's work and should find its place after 22/1
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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