brm_363591 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Demi-argenteus
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Item sold on our e-shop (2018)
Price : 280.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2018)
Price : 280.00 €
Type : Demi-argenteus
Date: 307-308
Mint name / Town : Trèves
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 900 ‰
Diameter : 16 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 1,36 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale et largement échancré. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP CONSTANTINVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré et cuirassé de Constantin Ier à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (B*).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Constantinus Pius Felix Augustus”, (L'empereur Constantin pieux et heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VIRTVS - MILITVM// TR.
Reverse description : Porte de camp surmontée de quatre tourelles.
Reverse translation : “Virtus Militum”, (La Virilité des soldats).
Commentary
Nous avons vendu deux exemplaires, 1.200€, un exemplaire FDC, et un autre 815€, une pièce SUP. Ce type d’argenteus semble plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux. Monnaie largement échancrée de 8 à 10 heures.
We sold two examples, one for €1,200, one FDC example, and another for €815, a piece SUP. This type of argenteus seems rarer than general works suggest. Coin widely indented from 8 to 10 o'clock
We sold two examples, one for €1,200, one FDC example, and another for €815, a piece SUP. This type of argenteus seems rarer than general works suggest. Coin widely indented from 8 to 10 o'clock
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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