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brm_336677 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Centenionalis ou nummus

CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Centenionalis ou nummus AU
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Type : Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: 347-348
Mint name / Town : Alexandria
Metal : copper
Diameter : 16,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 1,29 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 4e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan irrégulier, légèrement décentré au droit. Beau portrait de haut relief, bien venu à la frappe. Revers de style fin.
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la collection du Professeur M. Caselli

Obverse


Obverse legend : DV CONSTANTI-NVS PT AVGG.
Obverse description : Buste voilé et drapé de Constantin Ier à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (K°3).
Obverse translation : “Divus Constantinus Pater Augustorum”, (Divin Constantin père des augustes).

Reverse


Reverse legend : VN - MR// SMAL.
Reverse description : Constantin Ier voilé et drapé debout à droite.
Reverse legend : D.
Reverse translation : “Venerandæ Memoriæ”, (À la mémoire qu'il faut vénérer).

Commentary


Type inhabituel pour Constantin Ier.

Historical background


CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT

(+337)

Consecration of Constantine II, Constans and Constantius II

Constantine gradually becomes Christian-friendly during his reign. He first proclaimed religious freedom with Licinius by the rescript of Milan in 313. Lactantius, responsible for the education of Crispus, made Constantine's dream, the day before the battle of the Milvian Bridge, a Christian prophecy. Nevertheless, Constantine was baptized only on his deathbed in Nicomedia on May 22, 337. He was the last emperor deified after his death..

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