v38_1176 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Demi-argenteus
MONNAIES 38 (2009)
Starting price : 380.00 €
Estimate : 750.00 €
Realised price : 380.00 €
Starting price : 380.00 €
Estimate : 750.00 €
Realised price : 380.00 €
Type : Demi-argenteus
Date: 307-308
Mint name / Town : Trèves
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 900 ‰
Diameter : 16,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 1,52 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan régulier avec les grènetis visibles, bien centré des deux côtés. Fendu à 11 heures. Très beau portrait de haut relief. Revers de style fin avec le détail de toute la porte. Très jolie patine de médaillier avec des reflets mordorés et bleutés acier
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP CONSTANTINVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré et cuirassé de Constantin Ier à droite avec pan de paludamentum, vu de trois quarts en avant (B*01).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Constantinus Pius Felix Augustus”, (L'empereur Constantin pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VIRTVS - MILITVM/ -|-// PTR.
Reverse description : Porte de camp surmontée de quatre tourelles.
Reverse translation : “Virtus Militum”, (La Virilité des soldats).
Commentary
Rubans de type 3. Cuirasse lisse centrée d’un globule. Épaulière lisse. Ptéryges larges. Au revers sept rangs de pierres. Cet exemplaire présente un flan légèrement éclaté comme la plupart des exemplaires dont celui de Monnaies et Médailles.
Type 3 ribbons. Smooth breastplate centered with a globule. Smooth shoulder guard. Wide pteryges. On the reverse, seven rows of stones. This example has a slightly chipped flan like most examples, including that of Coins and Medals.
Type 3 ribbons. Smooth breastplate centered with a globule. Smooth shoulder guard. Wide pteryges. On the reverse, seven rows of stones. This example has a slightly chipped flan like most examples, including that of Coins and Medals.
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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