v41_1225 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Centenionalis ou nummus hybride
MONNAIES 41 (2009)
Starting price : 220.00 €
Estimate : 450.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 220.00 €
Estimate : 450.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Centenionalis ou nummus hybride
Date: 329-330
Mint name / Town : Viennoise, Arles
Metal : copper
Diameter : 18,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,19 g.
Rarity : UNIQUE
Officine: 3e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur petit flan mince bien centré des deux côtés à l’usure importante, mais parfaitement lisible et identifiable. Joli revers. Patine vert olive granuleuse et un peu piquée. Exemplaire de musée
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : CONSTAN-TINVS AVG.
Obverse description : Tête diadémée de Constantin Ier à droite (O’a) ; diadème perlé (double rang).
Obverse translation : “Constantinus Augustus”, (Constantin auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VIRTVS - CAESS/ S|F// TCONST.
Reverse description : Porte de camp surmontée de quatre tourelles et d'une étoile.
Reverse translation : “Virtus Augustorum”, (La Virilité des augustes).
Commentary
Poids extrêmement léger. Rubans de type 2 aux extrémités bouletées. Six rangs verticaux de pierres au revers. Tourelles pointées. Étoile à huit rais. Linteau de portes vides. Les lettres S-F peuvent se développer par “Sæculi Felicitas” (le siècle heureux). Semble complètement inédit et non recensé pour l’atelier d’Arles. Manque à tous les ouvrages consultés. De la plus grande rareté. Nous avions proposé dans MONNAIES 36, n° 1023 un exemplaire pour l’émission T|F// PCONST qui s’est vendu 330€ avec trois offres sur un maximum à 775€ en FDC.
Extremely light weight. Type 2 ribbons with rounded ends. Six vertical rows of stones on the reverse. Pointed turrets. Eight-pointed star. Empty door lintel. The letters SF can be expanded to “Sæculi Felicitas” (the happy century). Appears to be completely unpublished and not recorded for the Arles workshop. Missing from all consulted works. Extremely rare. We had offered in MONNAIES 36, n° 1023 a copy for the T|F// PCONST issue which sold for €330 with three bids on a maximum of €775 in FDC
Extremely light weight. Type 2 ribbons with rounded ends. Six vertical rows of stones on the reverse. Pointed turrets. Eight-pointed star. Empty door lintel. The letters SF can be expanded to “Sæculi Felicitas” (the happy century). Appears to be completely unpublished and not recorded for the Arles workshop. Missing from all consulted works. Extremely rare. We had offered in MONNAIES 36, n° 1023 a copy for the T|F// PCONST issue which sold for €330 with three bids on a maximum of €775 in FDC
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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