brm_1056156 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Centenionalis ou nummus
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Type : Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: 321
Mint name / Town : Lyon
Metal : copper
Diameter : 20,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,36 g.
Coments on the condition:
Flan large, centré. Joli buste de Constantin Ier. Patine marron
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : CONSTAN-TINVS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré et cuirassé de Constantin Ier à droite drapé sur l’épaule, vu de trois quarts en avant (B01).
Obverse translation : “Constantinus Augustus”, (Constantin auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VIRTVS - EXERCIT/ VOT/ XX/ C|R// PLG.
Reverse description : Vexillum (étendard) sur lequel est inscrit VOT/XX ; deux captifs sont assis dos à dos de part et d’autre.
Reverse translation : “Virtus Exercitus/ Votis vicennalibus”, (La Virilité de l’armée/ Vœux pour le vingtième année de règne).
Commentary
Au revers, les lettres dans le champ C|R pourraient être les initiales de “Claritas Reipublicæ” pour l’éclat de la République.
On the reverse, the letters in the C|R field could be the initials of “Claritas Reipublicæ” for the splendor of the Republic
On the reverse, the letters in the C|R field could be the initials of “Claritas Reipublicæ” for the splendor of the Republic
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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