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brm_600718 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Centenionalis ou nummus

CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Centenionalis ou nummus VF
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Type : Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: c. 337-340
Mint name / Town : Arles
Metal : copper
Diameter : 13 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 1,65 g.
Rarity : R3
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan à l’usure très importante, identifiable. Patine marron superficielle
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant de la collection A-M Schmitt-Cadet

Obverse


Obverse legend : DIVO CONS-[TANTINO P].
Obverse description : Buste voilé et drapé de Constantin Ier à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (K°3).
Obverse translation : "Divo Constantino Pio", (Au divin Constantin pieux).

Reverse


Reverse legend : [AETERN]-A PIETAS/ -|N//PCON.
Reverse description : Constantin Ier debout à droite, tenant un globe de la main gauche et un sceptre long de la main droite.
Reverse translation : “Æterna Pietas”, (La Piété éternelle).

Commentary


Type uniquement fabriqué par l’atelier d’Arles. P. Ferrando a recensé seulement 3 exemplaires pour ce type dont deux en musées.

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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