brm_457996 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Centenionalis ou nummus
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Price : 40.00 €
Type : Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: 318-319
Mint name / Town : Siscia
Metal : copper
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,83 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 3e
Coments on the condition:
Joli exemplaire sur un flan bien centré des deux côtés. Patine vert foncé. Beau buste de Constantin à l’avers. Joli revers
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP CONSTANTINVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré, casqué et cuirassé de Constantin à droite avec pan de paludamentum, vu de trois quarts en avant (C*01).
Obverse translation : "Imperator Constantinus Pius Felix Augustus", (L’empereur Constantin pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VICTORIAE LAETAE PRINC PERP// (GAMMA)SIS.
Reverse description : Deux Victoires debout posant un bouclier sur un cippe ; celle qui est tournée à droite écrit VOT/ PR dessus.
Reverse translation : "Victoriæ Lætæ Principium Perpetuæ, Vota Populi Romani", (À la Victoire heureuse et durable du prince/ Voeux du Peuple romain).
Commentary
Poids léger. Casque lisse. Cuirasse et épaulière cloutées. Ptéryges larges. L’autel est orné d’une croisette.
Lightweight. Smooth helmet. Studded breastplate and shoulder guard. Wide pteryges. The altar is decorated with a cross.
Lightweight. Smooth helmet. Studded breastplate and shoulder guard. Wide pteryges. The altar is decorated with a cross.
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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