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v34_0960 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Centenionalis ou nummus

CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Centenionalis ou nummus AU
MONNAIES 34 (2008)
Starting price : 120.00 €
Estimate : 180.00 €
Realised price : 120.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 162.00 €
Type : Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: 337-340
Mint name / Town : Europe, Héraclée
Metal : copper
Diameter : 15 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 1,54 g.
Rarity : R1
Emission: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Superbe portrait sur un petit flan, bien centré des deux côtés. Très beau portrait. Magnifique revers, complet. Patine marron foncé lissée
Catalogue references :

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 : ANÉPIGRAPHE// SMH.
Reverse description : Constantin dans un quadrige au galop à droite, tendant la main droite à une autre main qui descend du ciel pour le recevoir.

Commentary


Ce type sans marque d’officine semble plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages.

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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