v36_0950 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Centenionalis ou nummus
MONNAIES 36 (2008)
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Estimate : 180.00 €
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Starting price : 100.00 €
Estimate : 180.00 €
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Type : Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: fin 321 - début 322
Date: 321-322
Mint name / Town : Arles
Metal : copper
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,13 g.
Officine: 1re
Emission: 31e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large et épais, irrégulier parfaitement centré des deux côtés. Beau portrait. Revers de joli style. Jolie patine marron foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : CONSTAN-TINVS AVG.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Constantin Ier à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : "Constantinus Augustus", (Constantin auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : D N CONSTANTINI MAX AVG/ VOT/./ XX// P(CROISSANT ÉTOILÉ) A.
Reverse description : Légende en deux lignes dans une couronne de laurier.
Reverse translation : “Domini Nostri Constantini Maximi Augusti/ Votis vicennalibus”, (À notre seigneur Constantin très grand auguste, Vœux pour le vingtième anniversaire de règne).
Commentary
Rubans de type 2. Très bel exemple de symbole lunisolaire (croissant surmonté d’une étoile). Point séparatif entre VOT et XX. La première officine est réservée à Constantin Ier.
Type 2 ribbons. A very fine example of a lunisolar symbol (crescent surmounted by a star). A dividing point between VOT and XX. The first officina is reserved for Constantine I.
Type 2 ribbons. A very fine example of a lunisolar symbol (crescent surmounted by a star). A dividing point between VOT and XX. The first officina is reserved for Constantine I.
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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