v36_0860 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Centenionalis ou nummus
MONNAIES 36 (2008)
Starting price : 120.00 €
Estimate : 300.00 €
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Starting price : 120.00 €
Estimate : 300.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: 320
Mint name / Town : Bretagne, Londres
Metal : copper
Diameter : 17,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,04 g.
Rarity : UNIQUE
Emission: 13e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan épais, relativement bien centré des deux côtés. Très beau portrait inhabituel de Constantin Ier. Frappe un peu molle au revers. Patine noire, légèrement granuleuse
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP CONSTANT-INVS AG.
Obverse description : Buste casqué, drapé et cuirassé de Constantin Ier à gauche, vu de trois quarts en avant, tenant un sceptre sur l'épaule (E*7).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Constantinus Augustus”, (L’empereur Constantin auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VICTORIAE LAETAE PRINC PERP/ VOT/PR// PLN.
Reverse description : Deux Victoires debout, face à face, posant un bouclier sur un cippe.
Reverse translation : “Victoriæ Lætæ Principium Perpetuæ/ Vota Populi Romani", (À la victoire heureuse et durable du Prince/ Vœux du Peuple romain).
Commentary
Sur cet exemplaire, nous avons un sceptre au lieu d’une haste au droit. Casque orné et décoré. Épaulière cloutée. Au revers, nous ne distinguons rien sur le cippe qui est grêle.
On this example, we have a scepter instead of a spear on the obverse. Ornate and decorated helmet. Studded shoulder guard. On the reverse, we can't see anything on the cippus, which is thin.
On this example, we have a scepter instead of a spear on the obverse. Ornate and decorated helmet. Studded shoulder guard. On the reverse, we can't see anything on the cippus, which is thin.
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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