v21_3562 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Demi-argenteus
MONNAIES 21 (2004)
Starting price : 200.00 €
Estimate : 400.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 200.00 €
Estimate : 400.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Demi-argenteus
Date: 307-308
Mint name / Town : Trèves
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 900 ‰
Diameter : 16 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 1,37 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Flan large pour ce type de dénomination. Patine foncée. Flan éclaté à trois heures. Revers sur un flan complet, mais avec le flan fendu à 10 heures
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire vient de MONNAIES VIII, 16 juin 2000, n° 579 et de MONNAIES XIII, 30 juillet 2001, n° 1154
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
L'exemplaire décrit dans la vente Monnaies et Médailles présente les mêmes irrégularités et est aussi fendu. Poids léger. 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.
The example described in the Coins and Medals sale has the same irregularities and is also split. Light weight. We sold two examples, one for €1,200, a FDC example, and another for €815, a SUP coin. This type of argenteus seems rarer than general works suggest.
The example described in the Coins and Medals sale has the same irregularities and is also split. Light weight. We sold two examples, one for €1,200, a FDC example, and another for €815, a SUP coin. This type of argenteus seems rarer than general works suggest.
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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