v49_0850 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Centenionalis ou nummus
MONNAIES 49 (2011)
Starting price : 120.00 €
Estimate : 200.00 €
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Starting price : 120.00 €
Estimate : 200.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: 320
Mint name / Town : Savie, Siscia
Metal : copper
Diameter : 19,50 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,79 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 3e
Emission: 12e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire de qualité exceptionnelle pour ce type de monnayage. Portrait magnifique. Revers finement détaillé. Patine grise avec des reflets mordorés. A conservé l’intégralité de son brillant de frappe et de son coupant d’origine
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : CONST-ANTINVS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste casqué et cuirassé de Constantin Ier à droite drapé sur l’épaule, vu de trois quarts en avant, le casque orné d'une palmette (C*6).
Obverse translation : “Constantinus Augustus”, (Constantin auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VIRTVS - EXERCIT/ S|F/ -|HL// (GAMMA)SIS*.
Reverse description : Étendard inscrit VOT//XX entre deux captifs assis dos à dos.
Reverse translation : “Virtus Exerciti/ Votis vicennalibus”, (La Virilité de l’armée).
Commentary
Poids lourd. Avec l’intégralité de son argenture superficielle. Casque et visière cloutées. Couvre nuque clouté. Cuirasse et épaulière cloutées. Ptéryges fines.
Heavyweight. With all its surface silver plating. Studded helmet and visor. Studded neck guard. Studded breastplate and shoulder guard. Thin pteryges
Heavyweight. With all its surface silver plating. Studded helmet and visor. Studded neck guard. Studded breastplate and shoulder guard. Thin pteryges
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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