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brm_250389 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Centenionalis ou nummus

CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Centenionalis ou nummus AU/XF
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Item sold on our e-shop (2011)
Price : 25.00 €
Type : Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: 331-332
Mint name / Town : Arles
Metal : copper
Diameter : 17,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 1,71 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large et irrégulier, bien centré des deux côtés, un peu court sur les légendes. Beau portrait. Joli revers de style fin Patine marron foncé
Catalogue references :

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’c) ; diadème perlé et gemmé (cloisonné).
Obverse translation : “Constantinus Maximus Augustus”, (Constantin le grand auguste).

Reverse


Reverse legend : GLOR-IA EXERC-ITVS/ (PALME)// PCONST.
Reverse description : Deux soldats debout face à face, vêtus militairement, tenant chacun une haste renversée et un bouclier au milieu, deux étendards.
Reverse translation : “Gloria Exercitus”, (La gloire de l’armée).

Commentary


Poids excessivement léger. Rubans de type 3 aux extrémités bouletées. Le diadème composite est très particulier, cloisonné, mais semble aussi lauré. Ptéryges fines sous le paludamentum. Arles (Arelatum) change de nom et prend celui de Constantia en l’honneur de Constantin II, né dans la ville. Pour ce type, il existe deux variétés pour le revers avec palme au sol ou en hauteur (notre type).
Excessively light weight. Type 3 ribbons with rounded ends. The composite diadem is very distinctive, cloisonné, but also appears laureate. Thin pteryges under the paludamentum. Arles (Arelatum) changed its name to Constantia in honor of Constantine II, born in the city. For this type, there are two varieties for the reverse, with a palm on the ground or aloft (our type).

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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